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+<refentry id="vidioc-dqevent">
+  <refmeta>
+    <refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_DQEVENT</refentrytitle>
+    &manvol;
+  </refmeta>
+
+  <refnamediv>
+    <refname>VIDIOC_DQEVENT</refname>
+    <refpurpose>Dequeue event</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_event
+*<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_DQEVENT</para>
+       </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+       <term><parameter>argp</parameter></term>
+       <listitem>
+         <para></para>
+       </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Description</title>
+
+    <para>Dequeue an event from a video device. No input is required
+    for this ioctl. All the fields of the &v4l2-event; structure are
+    filled by the driver. The file handle will also receive exceptions
+    which the application may get by e.g. using the select system
+    call.</para>
+
+    <table frame="none" pgwide="1" id="v4l2-event">
+      <title>struct <structname>v4l2_event</structname></title>
+      <tgroup cols="4">
+       &cs-str;
+       <tbody valign="top">
+         <row>
+           <entry>__u32</entry>
+           <entry><structfield>type</structfield></entry>
+            <entry></entry>
+           <entry>Type of the event.</entry>
+         </row>
+         <row>
+           <entry>union</entry>
+           <entry><structfield>u</structfield></entry>
+            <entry></entry>
+           <entry></entry>
+         </row>
+         <row>
+           <entry></entry>
+           <entry>&v4l2-event-vsync;</entry>
+            <entry><structfield>vsync</structfield></entry>
+           <entry>Event data for event V4L2_EVENT_VSYNC.
+            </entry>
+         </row>
+         <row>
+           <entry></entry>
+           <entry>__u8</entry>
+            <entry><structfield>data</structfield>[64]</entry>
+           <entry>Event data. Defined by the event type. The union
+            should be used to define easily accessible type for
+            events.</entry>
+         </row>
+         <row>
+           <entry>__u32</entry>
+           <entry><structfield>pending</structfield></entry>
+            <entry></entry>
+           <entry>Number of pending events excluding this one.</entry>
+         </row>
+         <row>
+           <entry>__u32</entry>
+           <entry><structfield>sequence</structfield></entry>
+            <entry></entry>
+           <entry>Event sequence number. The sequence number is
+           incremented for every subscribed event that takes place.
+           If sequence numbers are not contiguous it means that
+           events have been lost.
+           </entry>
+         </row>
+         <row>
+           <entry>struct timespec</entry>
+           <entry><structfield>timestamp</structfield></entry>
+            <entry></entry>
+           <entry>Event timestamp.</entry>
+         </row>
+         <row>
+           <entry>__u32</entry>
+           <entry><structfield>reserved</structfield>[9]</entry>
+            <entry></entry>
+           <entry>Reserved for future extensions. Drivers must set
+           the array to zero.</entry>
+         </row>
+       </tbody>
+      </tgroup>
+    </table>
+
+  </refsect1>
+</refentry>
+<!--
+Local Variables:
+mode: sgml
+sgml-parent-document: "v4l2.sgml"
+indent-tabs-mode: nil
+End:
+-->