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<para>If blocks have to be retrieved from the sink, then this call will block until they
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have been read.</para>
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+ <para>If <structfield>start_block</structfield> and <structfield>blocks</structfield> are
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+ both set to 0 when <constant>VIDIOC_G_EDID</constant> is called, then the driver will
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+ set <structfield>blocks</structfield> to the total number of available EDID blocks
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+ and it will return 0 without copying any data. This is an easy way to discover how many
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+ EDID blocks there are. Note that if there are no EDID blocks available at all, then
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+ the driver will set <structfield>blocks</structfield> to 0 and it returns 0.</para>
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<para>To set the EDID blocks of a receiver the application has to fill in the <structfield>pad</structfield>,
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<structfield>blocks</structfield> and <structfield>edid</structfield> fields and set
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<structfield>start_block</structfield> to 0. It is not possible to set part of an EDID,
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