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@@ -793,8 +793,10 @@ video_register_device_no_warn() instead.
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Whenever a device node is created some attributes are also created for you.
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Whenever a device node is created some attributes are also created for you.
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If you look in /sys/class/video4linux you see the devices. Go into e.g.
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If you look in /sys/class/video4linux you see the devices. Go into e.g.
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-video0 and you will see 'name' and 'index' attributes. The 'name' attribute
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-is the 'name' field of the video_device struct.
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+video0 and you will see 'name', 'debug' and 'index' attributes. The 'name'
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+attribute is the 'name' field of the video_device struct. The 'debug' attribute
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+can be used to enable core debugging. See the next section for more detailed
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+information on this.
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The 'index' attribute is the index of the device node: for each call to
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The 'index' attribute is the index of the device node: for each call to
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video_register_device() the index is just increased by 1. The first video
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video_register_device() the index is just increased by 1. The first video
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@@ -816,6 +818,25 @@ video_device was embedded in it. The vdev->release() callback will never
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be called if the registration failed, nor should you ever attempt to
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be called if the registration failed, nor should you ever attempt to
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unregister the device if the registration failed.
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unregister the device if the registration failed.
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+video device debugging
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+----------------------
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+
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+The 'debug' attribute that is created for each video, vbi, radio or swradio
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+device in /sys/class/video4linux/<devX>/ allows you to enable logging of
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+file operations.
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+
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+It is a bitmask and the following bits can be set:
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+0x01: Log the ioctl name and error code. VIDIOC_(D)QBUF ioctls are only logged
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+ if bit 0x08 is also set.
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+0x02: Log the ioctl name arguments and error code. VIDIOC_(D)QBUF ioctls are
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+ only logged if bit 0x08 is also set.
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+0x04: Log the file operations open, release, read, write, mmap and
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+ get_unmapped_area. The read and write operations are only logged if
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+ bit 0x08 is also set.
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+0x08: Log the read and write file operations and the VIDIOC_QBUF and
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+ VIDIOC_DQBUF ioctls.
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+0x10: Log the poll file operation.
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video_device cleanup
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video_device cleanup
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