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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml | 10 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-sdr.xml | 104 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/pixfmt.xml | 8 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fmt.xml | 7 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml | 6 |
7 files changed, 142 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml index c4cac6dbf9af..0b4db0e524ac 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml @@ -2535,6 +2535,16 @@ fields changed from _s32 to _u32. </orderedlist> </section> + <section> + <title>V4L2 in Linux 3.15</title> + <orderedlist> + <listitem> + <para>Added Software Defined Radio (SDR) Interface. + </para> + </listitem> + </orderedlist> + </section> + <section id="other"> <title>Relation of V4L2 to other Linux multimedia APIs</title> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-sdr.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-sdr.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..332b87f073cd --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-sdr.xml @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@ + <title>Software Defined Radio Interface (SDR)</title> + + <para> +SDR is an abbreviation of Software Defined Radio, the radio device +which uses application software for modulation or demodulation. This interface +is intended for controlling and data streaming of such devices. + </para> + + <para> +SDR devices are accessed through character device special files named +<filename>/dev/swradio0</filename> to <filename>/dev/swradio255</filename> +with major number 81 and dynamically allocated minor numbers 0 to 255. + </para> + + <section> + <title>Querying Capabilities</title> + + <para> +Devices supporting the SDR receiver interface set the +<constant>V4L2_CAP_SDR_CAPTURE</constant> and +<constant>V4L2_CAP_TUNER</constant> flag in the +<structfield>capabilities</structfield> field of &v4l2-capability; +returned by the &VIDIOC-QUERYCAP; ioctl. That flag means the device has an +Analog to Digital Converter (ADC), which is a mandatory element for the SDR receiver. +At least one of the read/write, streaming or asynchronous I/O methods must +be supported. + </para> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Supplemental Functions</title> + + <para> +SDR devices can support <link linkend="control">controls</link>, and must +support the <link linkend="tuner">tuner</link> ioctls. Tuner ioctls are used +for setting the ADC sampling rate (sampling frequency) and the possible RF tuner +frequency. + </para> + + <para> +The <constant>V4L2_TUNER_ADC</constant> tuner type is used for ADC tuners, and +the <constant>V4L2_TUNER_RF</constant> tuner type is used for RF tuners. The +tuner index of the RF tuner (if any) must always follow the ADC tuner index. +Normally the ADC tuner is #0 and the RF tuner is #1. + </para> + + <para> +The &VIDIOC-S-HW-FREQ-SEEK; ioctl is not supported. + </para> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Data Format Negotiation</title> + + <para> +The SDR capture device uses the <link linkend="format">format</link> ioctls to +select the capture format. Both the sampling resolution and the data streaming +format are bound to that selectable format. In addition to the basic +<link linkend="format">format</link> ioctls, the &VIDIOC-ENUM-FMT; ioctl +must be supported as well. + </para> + + <para> +To use the <link linkend="format">format</link> ioctls applications set the +<structfield>type</structfield> field of a &v4l2-format; to +<constant>V4L2_BUF_TYPE_SDR_CAPTURE</constant> and use the &v4l2-format-sdr; +<structfield>sdr</structfield> member of the <structfield>fmt</structfield> +union as needed per the desired operation. +Currently only the <structfield>pixelformat</structfield> field of +&v4l2-format-sdr; is used. The content of that field is the V4L2 fourcc code +of the data format. + </para> + + <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-format-sdr"> + <title>struct <structname>v4l2_format_sdr</structname></title> + <tgroup cols="3"> + &cs-str; + <tbody valign="top"> + <row> + <entry>__u32</entry> + <entry><structfield>pixelformat</structfield></entry> + <entry> +The data format or type of compression, set by the application. This is a +little endian <link linkend="v4l2-fourcc">four character code</link>. +V4L2 defines SDR formats in <xref linkend="sdr-formats" />. + </entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>__u8</entry> + <entry><structfield>reserved[28]</structfield></entry> + <entry>This array is reserved for future extensions. +Drivers and applications must set it to zero.</entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> + </table> + + <para> +An SDR device may support <link linkend="rw">read/write</link> +and/or streaming (<link linkend="mmap">memory mapping</link> +or <link linkend="userp">user pointer</link>) I/O. + </para> + + </section> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml index 2c4c068dde83..1fb11e8d2a26 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml @@ -1005,6 +1005,12 @@ should set this to 0.</entry> <entry>Buffer for video output overlay (OSD), see <xref linkend="osd" />.</entry> </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_BUF_TYPE_SDR_CAPTURE</constant></entry> + <entry>11</entry> + <entry>Buffer for Software Defined Radio (SDR), see <xref + linkend="sdr" />.</entry> + </row> </tbody> </tgroup> </table> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/pixfmt.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/pixfmt.xml index 72d72bd67d0a..f586d3441b96 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/pixfmt.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/pixfmt.xml @@ -811,6 +811,14 @@ extended control <constant>V4L2_CID_MPEG_STREAM_TYPE</constant>, see </table> </section> + <section id="sdr-formats"> + <title>SDR Formats</title> + + <para>These formats are used for <link linkend="sdr">SDR Capture</link> +interface only.</para> + + </section> + <section id="pixfmt-reserved"> <title>Reserved Format Identifiers</title> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml index 6bf35328dcbf..e826d1d5df08 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml @@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ and discussions on the V4L mailing list.</revremark> <section id="ttx"> &sub-dev-teletext; </section> <section id="radio"> &sub-dev-radio; </section> <section id="rds"> &sub-dev-rds; </section> + <section id="sdr"> &sub-dev-sdr; </section> <section id="event"> &sub-dev-event; </section> <section id="subdev"> &sub-dev-subdev; </section> </chapter> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fmt.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fmt.xml index ee8f56e1bac0..f43f1a9285d6 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fmt.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fmt.xml @@ -172,6 +172,13 @@ capture and output devices.</entry> </row> <row> <entry></entry> + <entry>&v4l2-format-sdr;</entry> + <entry><structfield>sdr</structfield></entry> + <entry>Definition of a data format, see +<xref linkend="pixfmt" />, used by SDR capture devices.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry></entry> <entry>__u8</entry> <entry><structfield>raw_data</structfield>[200]</entry> <entry>Place holder for future extensions.</entry> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml index d5a3c97b206a..370d49d6fb64 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml @@ -296,6 +296,12 @@ modulator programming see <xref linkend="tuner" />.</entry> </row> <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_CAP_SDR_CAPTURE</constant></entry> + <entry>0x00100000</entry> + <entry>The device supports the +<link linkend="sdr">SDR Capture</link> interface.</entry> + </row> + <row> <entry><constant>V4L2_CAP_READWRITE</constant></entry> <entry>0x01000000</entry> <entry>The device supports the <link |