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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ V4L2 events
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The V4L2 events provide a generic way to pass events to user space.
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-The driver must use v4l2_fh to be able to support V4L2 events.
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+The driver must use :c:type:`v4l2_fh` to be able to support V4L2 events.
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Events are defined by a type and an optional ID. The ID may refer to a V4L2
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object such as a control ID. If unused, then the ID is 0.
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@@ -17,93 +17,118 @@ events of another type.
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But if you get more events of one type than the number of kevents that were
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reserved, then the oldest event will be dropped and the new one added.
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-Furthermore, the internal struct v4l2_subscribed_event has merge() and
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-replace() callbacks which drivers can set. These callbacks are called when
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-a new event is raised and there is no more room. The replace() callback
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-allows you to replace the payload of the old event with that of the new event,
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-merging any relevant data from the old payload into the new payload that
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-replaces it. It is called when this event type has only one kevent struct
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-allocated. The merge() callback allows you to merge the oldest event payload
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-into that of the second-oldest event payload. It is called when there are two
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-or more kevent structs allocated.
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+Furthermore, the internal struct :c:type:`v4l2_subscribed_event` has
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+``merge()`` and ``replace()`` callbacks which drivers can set. These
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+callbacks are called when a new event is raised and there is no more room.
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+The ``replace()`` callback allows you to replace the payload of the old event
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+with that of the new event, merging any relevant data from the old payload
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+into the new payload that replaces it. It is called when this event type has
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+only one kevent struct allocated. The ``merge()`` callback allows you to merge
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+the oldest event payload into that of the second-oldest event payload. It is
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+called when there are two or more kevent structs allocated.
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This way no status information is lost, just the intermediate steps leading
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up to that state.
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-A good example of these replace/merge callbacks is in v4l2-event.c:
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-ctrls_replace() and ctrls_merge() callbacks for the control event.
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+A good example of these ``replace``/``merge`` callbacks is in v4l2-event.c:
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+``ctrls_replace()`` and ``ctrls_merge()`` callbacks for the control event.
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-Note: these callbacks can be called from interrupt context, so they must be
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-fast.
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+.. note::
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+ these callbacks can be called from interrupt context, so they must
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+ be fast.
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-Useful functions:
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+In order to queue events to video device, drivers should call:
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-.. code-block:: none
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+ :cpp:func:`v4l2_event_queue <v4l2_event_queue>`
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+ (:c:type:`vdev <video_device>`, :ref:`ev <v4l2-event>`)
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- void v4l2_event_queue(struct video_device *vdev, const struct v4l2_event *ev)
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+The driver's only responsibility is to fill in the type and the data fields.
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+The other fields will be filled in by V4L2.
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- Queue events to video device. The driver's only responsibility is to fill
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- in the type and the data fields. The other fields will be filled in by
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- V4L2.
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+Event subscription
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+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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-.. code-block:: none
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+Subscribing to an event is via:
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- int v4l2_event_subscribe(struct v4l2_fh *fh,
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- struct v4l2_event_subscription *sub, unsigned elems,
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- const struct v4l2_subscribed_event_ops *ops)
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+ :cpp:func:`v4l2_event_subscribe <v4l2_event_subscribe>`
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+ (:c:type:`fh <v4l2_fh>`, :ref:`sub <v4l2-event-subscription>` ,
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+ elems, :c:type:`ops <v4l2_subscribed_event_ops>`)
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- The video_device->ioctl_ops->vidioc_subscribe_event must check the driver
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- is able to produce events with specified event id. Then it calls
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- v4l2_event_subscribe() to subscribe the event.
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- The elems argument is the size of the event queue for this event. If it is 0,
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- then the framework will fill in a default value (this depends on the event
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- type).
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+This function is used to implement :c:type:`video_device`->
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+:c:type:`ioctl_ops <v4l2_ioctl_ops>`-> ``vidioc_subscribe_event``,
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+but the driver must check first if the driver is able to produce events
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+with specified event id, and then should call
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+:cpp:func:`v4l2_event_subscribe` to subscribe the event.
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- The ops argument allows the driver to specify a number of callbacks:
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- * add: called when a new listener gets added (subscribing to the same
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- event twice will only cause this callback to get called once)
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- * del: called when a listener stops listening
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- * replace: replace event 'old' with event 'new'.
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- * merge: merge event 'old' into event 'new'.
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- All 4 callbacks are optional, if you don't want to specify any callbacks
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- the ops argument itself maybe NULL.
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+The elems argument is the size of the event queue for this event. If it is 0,
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+then the framework will fill in a default value (this depends on the event
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+type).
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-.. code-block:: none
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+The ops argument allows the driver to specify a number of callbacks:
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- int v4l2_event_unsubscribe(struct v4l2_fh *fh,
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- struct v4l2_event_subscription *sub)
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+======== ==============================================================
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+Callback Description
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+======== ==============================================================
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+add called when a new listener gets added (subscribing to the same
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+ event twice will only cause this callback to get called once)
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+del called when a listener stops listening
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+replace replace event 'old' with event 'new'.
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+merge merge event 'old' into event 'new'.
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+======== ==============================================================
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- vidioc_unsubscribe_event in struct v4l2_ioctl_ops. A driver may use
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- v4l2_event_unsubscribe() directly unless it wants to be involved in
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- unsubscription process.
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+All 4 callbacks are optional, if you don't want to specify any callbacks
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+the ops argument itself maybe ``NULL``.
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- The special type V4L2_EVENT_ALL may be used to unsubscribe all events. The
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- drivers may want to handle this in a special way.
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+Unsubscribing an event
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+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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-.. code-block:: none
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+Unsubscribing to an event is via:
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- int v4l2_event_pending(struct v4l2_fh *fh)
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+ :cpp:func:`v4l2_event_unsubscribe <v4l2_event_unsubscribe>`
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+ (:c:type:`fh <v4l2_fh>`, :ref:`sub <v4l2-event-subscription>`)
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- Returns the number of pending events. Useful when implementing poll.
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+This function is used to implement :c:type:`video_device`->
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+:c:type:`ioctl_ops <v4l2_ioctl_ops>`-> ``vidioc_unsubscribe_event``.
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+A driver may call :cpp:func:`v4l2_event_unsubscribe` directly unless it
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+wants to be involved in unsubscription process.
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+
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+The special type ``V4L2_EVENT_ALL`` may be used to unsubscribe all events. The
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+drivers may want to handle this in a special way.
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+
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+Check if there's a pending event
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+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+
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+Checking if there's a pending event is via:
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+
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+ :cpp:func:`v4l2_event_pending <v4l2_event_pending>`
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+ (:c:type:`fh <v4l2_fh>`)
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+
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+
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+This function returns the number of pending events. Useful when implementing
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+poll.
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+
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+How events work
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+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Events are delivered to user space through the poll system call. The driver
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-can use v4l2_fh->wait (a wait_queue_head_t) as the argument for poll_wait().
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+can use :c:type:`v4l2_fh`->wait (a wait_queue_head_t) as the argument for
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+``poll_wait()``.
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There are standard and private events. New standard events must use the
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smallest available event type. The drivers must allocate their events from
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their own class starting from class base. Class base is
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-V4L2_EVENT_PRIVATE_START + n * 1000 where n is the lowest available number.
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+``V4L2_EVENT_PRIVATE_START`` + n * 1000 where n is the lowest available number.
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The first event type in the class is reserved for future use, so the first
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available event type is 'class base + 1'.
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An example on how the V4L2 events may be used can be found in the OMAP
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-3 ISP driver (drivers/media/platform/omap3isp).
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+3 ISP driver (``drivers/media/platform/omap3isp``).
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-A subdev can directly send an event to the v4l2_device notify function with
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-V4L2_DEVICE_NOTIFY_EVENT. This allows the bridge to map the subdev that sends
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-the event to the video node(s) associated with the subdev that need to be
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-informed about such an event.
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+A subdev can directly send an event to the :c:type:`v4l2_device` notify
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+function with ``V4L2_DEVICE_NOTIFY_EVENT``. This allows the bridge to map
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+the subdev that sends the event to the video node(s) associated with the
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+subdev that need to be informed about such an event.
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V4L2 event kAPI
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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