<refentry id="vidioc-queryctrl">
<refmeta>
- <refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL, VIDIOC_QUERYMENU</refentrytitle>
+ <refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL, VIDIOC_QUERY_EXT_CTRL, VIDIOC_QUERYMENU</refentrytitle>
&manvol;
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL</refname>
+ <refname>VIDIOC_QUERY_EXT_CTRL</refname>
<refname>VIDIOC_QUERYMENU</refname>
<refpurpose>Enumerate controls and menu control items</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<paramdef>struct v4l2_queryctrl *<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>struct v4l2_query_ext_ctrl *<parameter>argp</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
<funcsynopsis>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>request</parameter></term>
<listitem>
- <para>VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL, VIDIOC_QUERYMENU</para>
+ <para>VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL, VIDIOC_QUERY_EXT_CTRL, VIDIOC_QUERYMENU</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<para>When the application ORs <structfield>id</structfield> with
<constant>V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_NEXT_CTRL</constant> the driver returns the
-next supported control, or <errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode> if there is
-none. Drivers which do not support this flag yet always return
-<errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode>.</para>
+next supported non-compound control, or <errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode>
+if there is none. In addition, the <constant>V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_NEXT_COMPOUND</constant>
+flag can be specified to enumerate all compound controls (i.e. controls
+with type ≥ <constant>V4L2_CTRL_COMPOUND_TYPES</constant>). Specify both
+<constant>V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_NEXT_CTRL</constant> and
+<constant>V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_NEXT_COMPOUND</constant> in order to enumerate
+all controls, compound or not. Drivers which do not support these flags yet
+always return <errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode>.</para>
+
+ <para>The <constant>VIDIOC_QUERY_EXT_CTRL</constant> ioctl was
+introduced in order to better support controls that can use compound
+types, and to expose additional control information that cannot be
+returned in &v4l2-queryctrl; since that structure is full.</para>
+
+ <para><constant>VIDIOC_QUERY_EXT_CTRL</constant> is used in the
+same way as <constant>VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL</constant>, except that the
+<structfield>reserved</structfield> array must be zeroed as well.</para>
<para>Additional information is required for menu controls: the
names of the menu items. To query them applications set the
<entry>__s32</entry>
<entry><structfield>minimum</structfield></entry>
<entry>Minimum value, inclusive. This field gives a lower
-bound for <constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER</constant> controls and the
-lowest valid index for <constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_MENU</constant> controls.
-For <constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_STRING</constant> controls the minimum value
-gives the minimum length of the string. This length <emphasis>does not include the terminating
-zero</emphasis>. It may not be valid for any other type of control, including
-<constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER64</constant> controls. Note that this is a
-signed value.</entry>
+bound for the control. See &v4l2-ctrl-type; how the minimum value is to
+be used for each possible control type. Note that this a signed 32-bit value.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__s32</entry>
<entry><structfield>maximum</structfield></entry>
<entry>Maximum value, inclusive. This field gives an upper
-bound for <constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER</constant> controls and the
-highest valid index for <constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_MENU</constant>
-controls. For <constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_BITMASK</constant> controls it is the
-set of usable bits.
-For <constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_STRING</constant> controls the maximum value
-gives the maximum length of the string. This length <emphasis>does not include the terminating
-zero</emphasis>. It may not be valid for any other type of control, including
-<constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER64</constant> controls. Note that this is a
-signed value.</entry>
+bound for the control. See &v4l2-ctrl-type; how the maximum value is to
+be used for each possible control type. Note that this a signed 32-bit value.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__s32</entry>
<entry><structfield>step</structfield></entry>
- <entry><para>This field gives a step size for
-<constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER</constant> controls. For
-<constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_STRING</constant> controls this field refers to
-the string length that has to be a multiple of this step size.
-It may not be valid for any other type of control, including
-<constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER64</constant>
-controls.</para><para>Generally drivers should not scale hardware
+ <entry><para>This field gives a step size for the control.
+See &v4l2-ctrl-type; how the step value is to be used for each possible
+control type. Note that this an unsigned 32-bit value.
+</para><para>Generally drivers should not scale hardware
control values. It may be necessary for example when the
<structfield>name</structfield> or <structfield>id</structfield> imply
a particular unit and the hardware actually accepts only multiples of
<entry><structfield>default_value</structfield></entry>
<entry>The default value of a
<constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER</constant>,
-<constant>_BOOLEAN</constant> or <constant>_MENU</constant> control.
-Not valid for other types of controls. Drivers reset controls only
-when the driver is loaded, not later, in particular not when the
-func-open; is called.</entry>
+<constant>_BOOLEAN</constant>, <constant>_BITMASK</constant>,
+<constant>_MENU</constant> or <constant>_INTEGER_MENU</constant> control.
+Not valid for other types of controls.
+Note that drivers reset controls to their default value only when the
+driver is first loaded, never afterwards.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
</tgroup>
</table>
+ <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-query-ext-ctrl">
+ <title>struct <structname>v4l2_query_ext_ctrl</structname></title>
+ <tgroup cols="3">
+ &cs-str;
+ <tbody valign="top">
+ <row>
+ <entry>__u32</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>id</structfield></entry>
+ <entry>Identifies the control, set by the application. See
+<xref linkend="control-id" /> for predefined IDs. When the ID is ORed
+with <constant>V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_NEXT_CTRL</constant> the driver clears the
+flag and returns the first non-compound control with a higher ID. When the
+ID is ORed with <constant>V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_NEXT_COMPOUND</constant> the driver
+clears the flag and returns the first compound control with a higher ID.
+Set both to get the first control (compound or not) with a higher ID.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>__u32</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>type</structfield></entry>
+ <entry>Type of control, see <xref
+ linkend="v4l2-ctrl-type" />.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>char</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>name</structfield>[32]</entry>
+ <entry>Name of the control, a NUL-terminated ASCII
+string. This information is intended for the user.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>__s64</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>minimum</structfield></entry>
+ <entry>Minimum value, inclusive. This field gives a lower
+bound for the control. See &v4l2-ctrl-type; how the minimum value is to
+be used for each possible control type. Note that this a signed 64-bit value.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>__s64</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>maximum</structfield></entry>
+ <entry>Maximum value, inclusive. This field gives an upper
+bound for the control. See &v4l2-ctrl-type; how the maximum value is to
+be used for each possible control type. Note that this a signed 64-bit value.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>__u64</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>step</structfield></entry>
+ <entry><para>This field gives a step size for the control.
+See &v4l2-ctrl-type; how the step value is to be used for each possible
+control type. Note that this an unsigned 64-bit value.
+</para><para>Generally drivers should not scale hardware
+control values. It may be necessary for example when the
+<structfield>name</structfield> or <structfield>id</structfield> imply
+a particular unit and the hardware actually accepts only multiples of
+said unit. If so, drivers must take care values are properly rounded
+when scaling, such that errors will not accumulate on repeated
+read-write cycles.</para><para>This field gives the smallest change of
+an integer control actually affecting hardware. Often the information
+is needed when the user can change controls by keyboard or GUI
+buttons, rather than a slider. When for example a hardware register
+accepts values 0-511 and the driver reports 0-65535, step should be
+128.</para></entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>__s64</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>default_value</structfield></entry>
+ <entry>The default value of a
+<constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER</constant>, <constant>_INTEGER64</constant>,
+<constant>_BOOLEAN</constant>, <constant>_BITMASK</constant>,
+<constant>_MENU</constant> or <constant>_INTEGER_MENU</constant> control.
+Not valid for other types of controls.
+Note that drivers reset controls to their default value only when the
+driver is first loaded, never afterwards.
+</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>__u32</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>flags</structfield></entry>
+ <entry>Control flags, see <xref
+ linkend="control-flags" />.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>__u32</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>elem_size</structfield></entry>
+ <entry>The size in bytes of a single element of the array.
+Given a char pointer <constant>p</constant> to a 3-dimensional array you can find the
+position of cell <constant>(z, y, x)</constant> as follows:
+<constant>p + ((z * dims[1] + y) * dims[0] + x) * elem_size</constant>. <structfield>elem_size</structfield>
+is always valid, also when the control isn't an array. For string controls
+<structfield>elem_size</structfield> is equal to <structfield>maximum + 1</structfield>.
+</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>__u32</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>elems</structfield></entry>
+ <entry>The number of elements in the N-dimensional array. If this control
+is not an array, then <structfield>elems</structfield> is 1. The <structfield>elems</structfield>
+field can never be 0.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>__u32</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>nr_of_dims</structfield></entry>
+ <entry>The number of dimension in the N-dimensional array. If this control
+is not an array, then this field is 0.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>__u32</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>dims[V4L2_CTRL_MAX_DIMS]</structfield></entry>
+ <entry>The size of each dimension. The first <structfield>nr_of_dims</structfield>
+elements of this array must be non-zero, all remaining elements must be zero.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>__u32</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>reserved</structfield>[32]</entry>
+ <entry>Reserved for future extensions. Applications and drivers
+must set the array to zero.</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+
<table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-querymenu">
<title>struct <structname>v4l2_querymenu</structname></title>
<tgroup cols="4">
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER64</constant></entry>
- <entry>n/a</entry>
- <entry>n/a</entry>
- <entry>n/a</entry>
+ <entry>any</entry>
+ <entry>any</entry>
+ <entry>any</entry>
<entry>A 64-bit integer valued control. Minimum, maximum
-and step size cannot be queried.</entry>
+and step size cannot be queried using <constant>VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL</constant>.
+Only <constant>VIDIOC_QUERY_EXT_CTRL</constant> can retrieve the 64-bit
+min/max/step values, they should be interpreted as n/a when using
+<constant>VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL</constant>.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_STRING</constant></entry>
the lighting conditions which can change over time. Note that setting a new value for
a volatile control will have no effect. The new value will just be ignored.</entry>
</row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_HAS_PAYLOAD</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0x0100</entry>
+ <entry>This control has a pointer type, so its value has to be accessed
+using one of the pointer fields of &v4l2-ext-control;. This flag is set for controls
+that are an array, string, or have a compound type. In all cases you have to set a
+pointer to memory containing the payload of the control.</entry>
+ </row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
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