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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-g-fbuf.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-g-fbuf.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f7017062656e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-g-fbuf.xml @@ -0,0 +1,456 @@ +<refentry id="vidioc-g-fbuf"> + <refmeta> + <refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_G_FBUF, VIDIOC_S_FBUF</refentrytitle> + &manvol; + </refmeta> + + <refnamediv> + <refname>VIDIOC_G_FBUF</refname> + <refname>VIDIOC_S_FBUF</refname> + <refpurpose>Get or set frame buffer overlay parameters</refpurpose> + </refnamediv> + + <refsynopsisdiv> + <funcsynopsis> + <funcprototype> + <funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef> + <paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>int <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>struct v4l2_framebuffer *<parameter>argp</parameter></paramdef> + </funcprototype> + </funcsynopsis> + <funcsynopsis> + <funcprototype> + <funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef> + <paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>int <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>const struct v4l2_framebuffer *<parameter>argp</parameter></paramdef> + </funcprototype> + </funcsynopsis> + </refsynopsisdiv> + + <refsect1> + <title>Arguments</title> + + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><parameter>fd</parameter></term> + <listitem> + <para>&fd;</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><parameter>request</parameter></term> + <listitem> + <para>VIDIOC_G_FBUF, VIDIOC_S_FBUF</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><parameter>argp</parameter></term> + <listitem> + <para></para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Description</title> + + <para>Applications can use the <constant>VIDIOC_G_FBUF</constant> and +<constant>VIDIOC_S_FBUF</constant> ioctl to get and set the +framebuffer parameters for a <link linkend="overlay">Video +Overlay</link> or <link linkend="osd">Video Output Overlay</link> +(OSD). The type of overlay is implied by the device type (capture or +output device) and can be determined with the &VIDIOC-QUERYCAP; ioctl. +One <filename>/dev/videoN</filename> device must not support both +kinds of overlay.</para> + + <para>The V4L2 API distinguishes destructive and non-destructive +overlays. A destructive overlay copies captured video images into the +video memory of a graphics card. A non-destructive overlay blends +video images into a VGA signal or graphics into a video signal. +<wordasword>Video Output Overlays</wordasword> are always +non-destructive.</para> + + <para>To get the current parameters applications call the +<constant>VIDIOC_G_FBUF</constant> ioctl with a pointer to a +<structname>v4l2_framebuffer</structname> structure. The driver fills +all fields of the structure or returns an &EINVAL; when overlays are +not supported.</para> + + <para>To set the parameters for a <wordasword>Video Output +Overlay</wordasword>, applications must initialize the +<structfield>flags</structfield> field of a struct +<structname>v4l2_framebuffer</structname>. Since the framebuffer is +implemented on the TV card all other parameters are determined by the +driver. When an application calls <constant>VIDIOC_S_FBUF</constant> +with a pointer to this structure, the driver prepares for the overlay +and returns the framebuffer parameters as +<constant>VIDIOC_G_FBUF</constant> does, or it returns an error +code.</para> + + <para>To set the parameters for a <wordasword>non-destructive +Video Overlay</wordasword>, applications must initialize the +<structfield>flags</structfield> field, the +<structfield>fmt</structfield> substructure, and call +<constant>VIDIOC_S_FBUF</constant>. Again the driver prepares for the +overlay and returns the framebuffer parameters as +<constant>VIDIOC_G_FBUF</constant> does, or it returns an error +code.</para> + + <para>For a <wordasword>destructive Video Overlay</wordasword> +applications must additionally provide a +<structfield>base</structfield> address. Setting up a DMA to a +random memory location can jeopardize the system security, its +stability or even damage the hardware, therefore only the superuser +can set the parameters for a destructive video overlay.</para> + + <!-- NB v4l2_pix_format is also specified in pixfmt.sgml.--> + + <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-framebuffer"> + <title>struct <structname>v4l2_framebuffer</structname></title> + <tgroup cols="4"> + &cs-ustr; + <tbody valign="top"> + <row> + <entry>__u32</entry> + <entry><structfield>capability</structfield></entry> + <entry></entry> + <entry>Overlay capability flags set by the driver, see +<xref linkend="framebuffer-cap" />.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>__u32</entry> + <entry><structfield>flags</structfield></entry> + <entry></entry> + <entry>Overlay control flags set by application and +driver, see <xref linkend="framebuffer-flags" /></entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>void *</entry> + <entry><structfield>base</structfield></entry> + <entry></entry> + <entry>Physical base address of the framebuffer, +that is the address of the pixel in the top left corner of the +framebuffer.<footnote><para>A physical base address may not suit all +platforms. GK notes in theory we should pass something like PCI device ++ memory region + offset instead. If you encounter problems please +discuss on the linux-media mailing list: &v4l-ml;.</para></footnote></entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry></entry> + <entry></entry> + <entry></entry> + <entry>This field is irrelevant to +<wordasword>non-destructive Video Overlays</wordasword>. For +<wordasword>destructive Video Overlays</wordasword> applications must +provide a base address. The driver may accept only base addresses +which are a multiple of two, four or eight bytes. For +<wordasword>Video Output Overlays</wordasword> the driver must return +a valid base address, so applications can find the corresponding Linux +framebuffer device (see <xref linkend="osd" />).</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>&v4l2-pix-format;</entry> + <entry><structfield>fmt</structfield></entry> + <entry></entry> + <entry>Layout of the frame buffer. The +<structname>v4l2_pix_format</structname> structure is defined in <xref +linkend="pixfmt" />, for clarification the fields and acceptable values + are listed below:</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry></entry> + <entry>__u32</entry> + <entry><structfield>width</structfield></entry> + <entry>Width of the frame buffer in pixels.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry></entry> + <entry>__u32</entry> + <entry><structfield>height</structfield></entry> + <entry>Height of the frame buffer in pixels.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry></entry> + <entry>__u32</entry> + <entry><structfield>pixelformat</structfield></entry> + <entry>The pixel format of the +framebuffer.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry></entry> + <entry></entry> + <entry></entry> + <entry>For <wordasword>non-destructive Video +Overlays</wordasword> this field only defines a format for the +&v4l2-window; <structfield>chromakey</structfield> field.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry></entry> + <entry></entry> + <entry></entry> + <entry>For <wordasword>destructive Video +Overlays</wordasword> applications must initialize this field. For +<wordasword>Video Output Overlays</wordasword> the driver must return +a valid format.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry></entry> + <entry></entry> + <entry></entry> + <entry>Usually this is an RGB format (for example +<link linkend="V4L2-PIX-FMT-RGB565"><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_RGB565</constant></link>) +but YUV formats (only packed YUV formats when chroma keying is used, +not including <constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUYV</constant> and +<constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_UYVY</constant>) and the +<constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_PAL8</constant> format are also permitted. The +behavior of the driver when an application requests a compressed +format is undefined. See <xref linkend="pixfmt" /> for information on +pixel formats.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry></entry> + <entry>&v4l2-field;</entry> + <entry><structfield>field</structfield></entry> + <entry>Drivers and applications shall ignore this field. +If applicable, the field order is selected with the &VIDIOC-S-FMT; +ioctl, using the <structfield>field</structfield> field of +&v4l2-window;.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry></entry> + <entry>__u32</entry> + <entry><structfield>bytesperline</structfield></entry> + <entry>Distance in bytes between the leftmost pixels in +two adjacent lines.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry spanname="hspan"><para>This field is irrelevant to +<wordasword>non-destructive Video +Overlays</wordasword>.</para><para>For <wordasword>destructive Video +Overlays</wordasword> both applications and drivers can set this field +to request padding bytes at the end of each line. Drivers however may +ignore the requested value, returning <structfield>width</structfield> +times bytes-per-pixel or a larger value required by the hardware. That +implies applications can just set this field to zero to get a +reasonable default.</para><para>For <wordasword>Video Output +Overlays</wordasword> the driver must return a valid +value.</para><para>Video hardware may access padding bytes, therefore +they must reside in accessible memory. Consider for example the case +where padding bytes after the last line of an image cross a system +page boundary. Capture devices may write padding bytes, the value is +undefined. Output devices ignore the contents of padding +bytes.</para><para>When the image format is planar the +<structfield>bytesperline</structfield> value applies to the largest +plane and is divided by the same factor as the +<structfield>width</structfield> field for any smaller planes. For +example the Cb and Cr planes of a YUV 4:2:0 image have half as many +padding bytes following each line as the Y plane. To avoid ambiguities +drivers must return a <structfield>bytesperline</structfield> value +rounded up to a multiple of the scale factor.</para></entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry></entry> + <entry>__u32</entry> + <entry><structfield>sizeimage</structfield></entry> + <entry><para>This field is irrelevant to +<wordasword>non-destructive Video Overlays</wordasword>. For +<wordasword>destructive Video Overlays</wordasword> applications must +initialize this field. For <wordasword>Video Output +Overlays</wordasword> the driver must return a valid +format.</para><para>Together with <structfield>base</structfield> it +defines the framebuffer memory accessible by the +driver.</para></entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry></entry> + <entry>&v4l2-colorspace;</entry> + <entry><structfield>colorspace</structfield></entry> + <entry>This information supplements the +<structfield>pixelformat</structfield> and must be set by the driver, +see <xref linkend="colorspaces" />.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry></entry> + <entry>__u32</entry> + <entry><structfield>priv</structfield></entry> + <entry>Reserved for additional information about custom +(driver defined) formats. When not used drivers and applications must +set this field to zero.</entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> + </table> + + <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="framebuffer-cap"> + <title>Frame Buffer Capability Flags</title> + <tgroup cols="3"> + &cs-def; + <tbody valign="top"> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_FBUF_CAP_EXTERNOVERLAY</constant></entry> + <entry>0x0001</entry> + <entry>The device is capable of non-destructive overlays. +When the driver clears this flag, only destructive overlays are +supported. There are no drivers yet which support both destructive and +non-destructive overlays.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_FBUF_CAP_CHROMAKEY</constant></entry> + <entry>0x0002</entry> + <entry>The device supports clipping by chroma-keying the +images. That is, image pixels replace pixels in the VGA or video +signal only where the latter assume a certain color. Chroma-keying +makes no sense for destructive overlays.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_FBUF_CAP_LIST_CLIPPING</constant></entry> + <entry>0x0004</entry> + <entry>The device supports clipping using a list of clip +rectangles.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_FBUF_CAP_BITMAP_CLIPPING</constant></entry> + <entry>0x0008</entry> + <entry>The device supports clipping using a bit mask.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_FBUF_CAP_LOCAL_ALPHA</constant></entry> + <entry>0x0010</entry> + <entry>The device supports clipping/blending using the +alpha channel of the framebuffer or VGA signal. Alpha blending makes +no sense for destructive overlays.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_FBUF_CAP_GLOBAL_ALPHA</constant></entry> + <entry>0x0020</entry> + <entry>The device supports alpha blending using a global +alpha value. Alpha blending makes no sense for destructive overlays.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_FBUF_CAP_LOCAL_INV_ALPHA</constant></entry> + <entry>0x0040</entry> + <entry>The device supports clipping/blending using the +inverted alpha channel of the framebuffer or VGA signal. Alpha +blending makes no sense for destructive overlays.</entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> + </table> + + <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="framebuffer-flags"> + <title>Frame Buffer Flags</title> + <tgroup cols="3"> + &cs-def; + <tbody valign="top"> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_FBUF_FLAG_PRIMARY</constant></entry> + <entry>0x0001</entry> + <entry>The framebuffer is the primary graphics surface. +In other words, the overlay is destructive. [?]</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_FBUF_FLAG_OVERLAY</constant></entry> + <entry>0x0002</entry> + <entry>The frame buffer is an overlay surface the same +size as the capture. [?]</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry spanname="hspan">The purpose of +<constant>V4L2_FBUF_FLAG_PRIMARY</constant> and +<constant>V4L2_FBUF_FLAG_OVERLAY</constant> was never quite clear. +Most drivers seem to ignore these flags. For compatibility with the +<wordasword>bttv</wordasword> driver applications should set the +<constant>V4L2_FBUF_FLAG_OVERLAY</constant> flag.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_FBUF_FLAG_CHROMAKEY</constant></entry> + <entry>0x0004</entry> + <entry>Use chroma-keying. The chroma-key color is +determined by the <structfield>chromakey</structfield> field of +&v4l2-window; and negotiated with the &VIDIOC-S-FMT; ioctl, see <xref + linkend="overlay" /> +and + <xref linkend="osd" />.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry spanname="hspan">There are no flags to enable +clipping using a list of clip rectangles or a bitmap. These methods +are negotiated with the &VIDIOC-S-FMT; ioctl, see <xref + linkend="overlay" /> and <xref linkend="osd" />.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_FBUF_FLAG_LOCAL_ALPHA</constant></entry> + <entry>0x0008</entry> + <entry>Use the alpha channel of the framebuffer to clip or +blend framebuffer pixels with video images. The blend +function is: output = framebuffer pixel * alpha + video pixel * (1 - +alpha). The actual alpha depth depends on the framebuffer pixel +format.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_FBUF_FLAG_GLOBAL_ALPHA</constant></entry> + <entry>0x0010</entry> + <entry>Use a global alpha value to blend the framebuffer +with video images. The blend function is: output = (framebuffer pixel +* alpha + video pixel * (255 - alpha)) / 255. The alpha value is +determined by the <structfield>global_alpha</structfield> field of +&v4l2-window; and negotiated with the &VIDIOC-S-FMT; ioctl, see <xref + linkend="overlay" /> +and <xref linkend="osd" />.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry><constant>V4L2_FBUF_FLAG_LOCAL_INV_ALPHA</constant></entry> + <entry>0x0020</entry> + <entry>Like +<constant>V4L2_FBUF_FLAG_LOCAL_ALPHA</constant>, use the alpha channel +of the framebuffer to clip or blend framebuffer pixels with video +images, but with an inverted alpha value. The blend function is: +output = framebuffer pixel * (1 - alpha) + video pixel * alpha. The +actual alpha depth depends on the framebuffer pixel format.</entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> + </table> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + &return-value; + + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><errorcode>EPERM</errorcode></term> + <listitem> + <para><constant>VIDIOC_S_FBUF</constant> can only be called +by a privileged user to negotiate the parameters for a destructive +overlay.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><errorcode>EBUSY</errorcode></term> + <listitem> + <para>The framebuffer parameters cannot be changed at this +time because overlay is already enabled, or capturing is enabled +and the hardware cannot capture and overlay simultaneously.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term> + <listitem> + <para>The ioctl is not supported or the +<constant>VIDIOC_S_FBUF</constant> parameters are unsuitable.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </refsect1> +</refentry> + +<!-- +Local Variables: +mode: sgml +sgml-parent-document: "v4l2.sgml" +indent-tabs-mode: nil +End: +--> |
