to the <link linkend="control">User controls class</link>.
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Added the device_caps field to struct v4l2_capabilities and added the new
+ V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS capability.</para>
+ </listitem>
</orderedlist>
</section>
(compat.xml), along with the possible impact on existing drivers and
applications. -->
+ <revision>
+ <revnumber>3.3</revnumber>
+ <date>2012-01-11</date>
+ <authorinitials>hv</authorinitials>
+ <revremark>Added device_caps field to struct v4l2_capabilities.</revremark>
+ </revision>
+
<revision>
<revnumber>3.2</revnumber>
<date>2011-08-26</date>
</partinfo>
<title>Video for Linux Two API Specification</title>
- <subtitle>Revision 3.2</subtitle>
+ <subtitle>Revision 3.3</subtitle>
<chapter id="common">
&sub-common;
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>capabilities</structfield></entry>
- <entry>Device capabilities, see <xref
- linkend="device-capabilities" />.</entry>
+ <entry>Available capabilities of the physical device as a whole, see <xref
+ linkend="device-capabilities" />. The same physical device can export
+ multiple devices in /dev (e.g. /dev/videoX, /dev/vbiY and /dev/radioZ).
+ The <structfield>capabilities</structfield> field should contain a union
+ of all capabilities available around the several V4L2 devices exported
+ to userspace.
+ For all those devices the <structfield>capabilities</structfield> field
+ returns the same set of capabilities. This allows applications to open
+ just one of the devices (typically the video device) and discover whether
+ video, vbi and/or radio are also supported.
+ </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
- <entry><structfield>reserved</structfield>[4]</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>device_caps</structfield></entry>
+ <entry>Device capabilities of the opened device, see <xref
+ linkend="device-capabilities" />. Should contain the available capabilities
+ of that specific device node. So, for example, <structfield>device_caps</structfield>
+ of a radio device will only contain radio related capabilities and
+ no video or vbi capabilities. This field is only set if the <structfield>capabilities</structfield>
+ field contains the <constant>V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS</constant> capability.
+ Only the <structfield>capabilities</structfield> field can have the
+ <constant>V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS</constant> capability, <structfield>device_caps</structfield>
+ will never set <constant>V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS</constant>.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>__u32</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>reserved</structfield>[3]</entry>
<entry>Reserved for future extensions. Drivers must set
this array to zero.</entry>
</row>
<entry>The device supports the <link
linkend="mmap">streaming</link> I/O method.</entry>
</row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0x80000000</entry>
+ <entry>The driver fills the <structfield>device_caps</structfield>
+ field. This capability can only appear in the <structfield>capabilities</structfield>
+ field and never in the <structfield>device_caps</structfield> field.</entry>
+ </row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
.capabilities = (V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_CAPTURE |
V4L2_CAP_TUNER | V4L2_CAP_AUDIO | V4L2_CAP_RADIO |
V4L2_CAP_STREAMING | V4L2_CAP_READWRITE),
- .reserved = {0, 0, 0, 0}
};
static int vidioc_querycap(struct file *file, void *priv,
struct v4l2_capability *cap)
.capabilities = (V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_CAPTURE |
V4L2_CAP_TUNER | V4L2_CAP_AUDIO | V4L2_CAP_RADIO |
V4L2_CAP_READWRITE),
- .reserved = {0,0,0,0}
};
static struct v4l2_fmtdesc pvr_fmtdesc [] = {
if (!ret)
dbgarg(cmd, "driver=%s, card=%s, bus=%s, "
"version=0x%08x, "
- "capabilities=0x%08x\n",
+ "capabilities=0x%08x, "
+ "device_caps=0x%08x\n",
cap->driver, cap->card, cap->bus_info,
cap->version,
- cap->capabilities);
+ cap->capabilities,
+ cap->device_caps);
break;
}
__u32 denominator;
};
-/*
- * D R I V E R C A P A B I L I T I E S
- */
+/**
+ * struct v4l2_capability - Describes V4L2 device caps returned by VIDIOC_QUERYCAP
+ *
+ * @driver: name of the driver module (e.g. "bttv")
+ * @card: name of the card (e.g. "Hauppauge WinTV")
+ * @bus_info: name of the bus (e.g. "PCI:" + pci_name(pci_dev) )
+ * @version: KERNEL_VERSION
+ * @capabilities: capabilities of the physical device as a whole
+ * @device_caps: capabilities accessed via this particular device (node)
+ * @reserved: reserved fields for future extensions
+ */
struct v4l2_capability {
- __u8 driver[16]; /* i.e. "bttv" */
- __u8 card[32]; /* i.e. "Hauppauge WinTV" */
- __u8 bus_info[32]; /* "PCI:" + pci_name(pci_dev) */
- __u32 version; /* should use KERNEL_VERSION() */
- __u32 capabilities; /* Device capabilities */
- __u32 reserved[4];
+ __u8 driver[16];
+ __u8 card[32];
+ __u8 bus_info[32];
+ __u32 version;
+ __u32 capabilities;
+ __u32 device_caps;
+ __u32 reserved[3];
};
/* Values for 'capabilities' field */
#define V4L2_CAP_ASYNCIO 0x02000000 /* async I/O */
#define V4L2_CAP_STREAMING 0x04000000 /* streaming I/O ioctls */
+#define V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS 0x80000000 /* sets device capabilities field */
+
/*
* V I D E O I M A G E F O R M A T
*/