linux/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/vidioc-subscribe-event.xml
Hans Verkuil 0e1de38db8 V4L/DVB: v4l spec: document new events
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
2010-05-19 12:58:10 -03:00

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<refentry id="vidioc-subscribe-event">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_SUBSCRIBE_EVENT, VIDIOC_UNSUBSCRIBE_EVENT</refentrytitle>
&manvol;
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>VIDIOC_SUBSCRIBE_EVENT, VIDIOC_UNSUBSCRIBE_EVENT</refname>
<refpurpose>Subscribe or unsubscribe 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_subscription
*<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_SUBSCRIBE_EVENT, VIDIOC_UNSUBSCRIBE_EVENT</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>argp</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>Subscribe or unsubscribe V4L2 event. Subscribed events are
dequeued by using the &VIDIOC-DQEVENT; ioctl.</para>
<table frame="none" pgwide="1" id="v4l2-event-subscription">
<title>struct <structname>v4l2_event_subscription</structname></title>
<tgroup cols="3">
&cs-str;
<tbody valign="top">
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>type</structfield></entry>
<entry>Type of the event.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>reserved</structfield>[7]</entry>
<entry>Reserved for future extensions. Drivers and applications
must set the array to zero.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
<table frame="none" pgwide="1" id="event-type">
<title>Event Types</title>
<tgroup cols="3">
&cs-def;
<tbody valign="top">
<row>
<entry><constant>V4L2_EVENT_ALL</constant></entry>
<entry>0</entry>
<entry>All events. V4L2_EVENT_ALL is valid only for
VIDIOC_UNSUBSCRIBE_EVENT for unsubscribing all events at once.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>V4L2_EVENT_VSYNC</constant></entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry>This event is triggered on the vertical sync.
This event has &v4l2-event-vsync; associated with it.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>V4L2_EVENT_EOS</constant></entry>
<entry>2</entry>
<entry>This event is triggered when the end of a stream is reached.
This is typically used with MPEG decoders to report to the application
when the last of the MPEG stream has been decoded.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>V4L2_EVENT_PRIVATE_START</constant></entry>
<entry>0x08000000</entry>
<entry>Base event number for driver-private events.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
<table frame="none" pgwide="1" id="v4l2-event-vsync">
<title>struct <structname>v4l2_event_vsync</structname></title>
<tgroup cols="3">
&cs-str;
<tbody valign="top">
<row>
<entry>__u8</entry>
<entry><structfield>field</structfield></entry>
<entry>The upcoming field. See &v4l2-field;.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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