8e080c2e6c
The V4L and DVB API's are there for a long time. however, up to now, no efforts were done to merge them to kernel DocBook. This patch adds the current versions of the specs as an unique compendium. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
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<refentry id="vidioc-g-ext-ctrls">
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS, VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS,
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VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS</refentrytitle>
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&manvol;
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS</refname>
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<refname>VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS</refname>
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<refname>VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS</refname>
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<refpurpose>Get or set the value of several controls, try control
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values</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<funcsynopsis>
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<funcprototype>
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<funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef>
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<paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef>
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<paramdef>int <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef>
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<paramdef>struct v4l2_ext_controls
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*<parameter>argp</parameter></paramdef>
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</funcprototype>
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</funcsynopsis>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Arguments</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><parameter>fd</parameter></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>&fd;</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><parameter>request</parameter></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS, VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS,
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VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><parameter>argp</parameter></term>
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<listitem>
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<para></para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<para>These ioctls allow the caller to get or set multiple
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controls atomically. Control IDs are grouped into control classes (see
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<xref linkend="ctrl-class" />) and all controls in the control array
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must belong to the same control class.</para>
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<para>Applications must always fill in the
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<structfield>count</structfield>,
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<structfield>ctrl_class</structfield>,
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<structfield>controls</structfield> and
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<structfield>reserved</structfield> fields of &v4l2-ext-controls;, and
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initialize the &v4l2-ext-control; array pointed to by the
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<structfield>controls</structfield> fields.</para>
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<para>To get the current value of a set of controls applications
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initialize the <structfield>id</structfield>,
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<structfield>size</structfield> and <structfield>reserved2</structfield> fields
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of each &v4l2-ext-control; and call the
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<constant>VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS</constant> ioctl. String controls controls
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must also set the <structfield>string</structfield> field.</para>
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<para>If the <structfield>size</structfield> is too small to
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receive the control result (only relevant for pointer-type controls
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like strings), then the driver will set <structfield>size</structfield>
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to a valid value and return an &ENOSPC;. You should re-allocate the
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string memory to this new size and try again. It is possible that the
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same issue occurs again if the string has grown in the meantime. It is
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recommended to call &VIDIOC-QUERYCTRL; first and use
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<structfield>maximum</structfield>+1 as the new <structfield>size</structfield>
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value. It is guaranteed that that is sufficient memory.
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</para>
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<para>To change the value of a set of controls applications
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initialize the <structfield>id</structfield>, <structfield>size</structfield>,
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<structfield>reserved2</structfield> and
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<structfield>value/string</structfield> fields of each &v4l2-ext-control; and
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call the <constant>VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS</constant> ioctl. The controls
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will only be set if <emphasis>all</emphasis> control values are
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valid.</para>
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<para>To check if a set of controls have correct values applications
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initialize the <structfield>id</structfield>, <structfield>size</structfield>,
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<structfield>reserved2</structfield> and
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<structfield>value/string</structfield> fields of each &v4l2-ext-control; and
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call the <constant>VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS</constant> ioctl. It is up to
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the driver whether wrong values are automatically adjusted to a valid
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value or if an error is returned.</para>
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<para>When the <structfield>id</structfield> or
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<structfield>ctrl_class</structfield> is invalid drivers return an
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&EINVAL;. When the value is out of bounds drivers can choose to take
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the closest valid value or return an &ERANGE;, whatever seems more
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appropriate. In the first case the new value is set in
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&v4l2-ext-control;.</para>
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<para>The driver will only set/get these controls if all control
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values are correct. This prevents the situation where only some of the
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controls were set/get. Only low-level errors (⪚ a failed i2c
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command) can still cause this situation.</para>
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<table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-ext-control">
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<title>struct <structname>v4l2_ext_control</structname></title>
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<tgroup cols="4">
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&cs-ustr;
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<tbody valign="top">
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<row>
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<entry>__u32</entry>
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<entry><structfield>id</structfield></entry>
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<entry></entry>
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<entry>Identifies the control, set by the
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application.</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>__u32</entry>
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<entry><structfield>size</structfield></entry>
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<entry></entry>
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<entry>The total size in bytes of the payload of this
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control. This is normally 0, but for pointer controls this should be
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set to the size of the memory containing the payload, or that will
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receive the payload. If <constant>VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS</constant> finds
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that this value is less than is required to store
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the payload result, then it is set to a value large enough to store the
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payload result and ENOSPC is returned. Note that for string controls
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this <structfield>size</structfield> field should not be confused with the length of the string.
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This field refers to the size of the memory that contains the string.
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The actual <emphasis>length</emphasis> of the string may well be much smaller.
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</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>__u32</entry>
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<entry><structfield>reserved2</structfield>[1]</entry>
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<entry></entry>
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<entry>Reserved for future extensions. Drivers and
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applications must set the array to zero.</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>union</entry>
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<entry>(anonymous)</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry></entry>
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<entry>__s32</entry>
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<entry><structfield>value</structfield></entry>
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<entry>New value or current value.</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry></entry>
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<entry>__s64</entry>
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<entry><structfield>value64</structfield></entry>
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<entry>New value or current value.</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry></entry>
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<entry>char *</entry>
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<entry><structfield>string</structfield></entry>
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<entry>A pointer to a string.</entry>
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</row>
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</tbody>
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</tgroup>
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</table>
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<table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-ext-controls">
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<title>struct <structname>v4l2_ext_controls</structname></title>
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<tgroup cols="3">
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&cs-str;
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<tbody valign="top">
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<row>
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<entry>__u32</entry>
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<entry><structfield>ctrl_class</structfield></entry>
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<entry>The control class to which all controls belong, see
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<xref linkend="ctrl-class" />.</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>__u32</entry>
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<entry><structfield>count</structfield></entry>
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<entry>The number of controls in the controls array. May
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also be zero.</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>__u32</entry>
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<entry><structfield>error_idx</structfield></entry>
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<entry>Set by the driver in case of an error. It is the
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index of the control causing the error or equal to 'count' when the
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error is not associated with a particular control. Undefined when the
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ioctl returns 0 (success).</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>__u32</entry>
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<entry><structfield>reserved</structfield>[2]</entry>
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<entry>Reserved for future extensions. Drivers and
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applications must set the array to zero.</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>&v4l2-ext-control; *</entry>
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<entry><structfield>controls</structfield></entry>
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<entry>Pointer to an array of
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<structfield>count</structfield> v4l2_ext_control structures. Ignored
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if <structfield>count</structfield> equals zero.</entry>
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</row>
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</tbody>
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</tgroup>
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</table>
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<table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="ctrl-class">
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<title>Control classes</title>
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<tgroup cols="3">
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&cs-def;
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<tbody valign="top">
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<row>
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<entry><constant>V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_USER</constant></entry>
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<entry>0x980000</entry>
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<entry>The class containing user controls. These controls
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are described in <xref linkend="control" />. All controls that can be set
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using the &VIDIOC-S-CTRL; and &VIDIOC-G-CTRL; ioctl belong to this
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class.</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><constant>V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_MPEG</constant></entry>
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<entry>0x990000</entry>
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<entry>The class containing MPEG compression controls.
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These controls are described in <xref
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linkend="mpeg-controls" />.</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><constant>V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_CAMERA</constant></entry>
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<entry>0x9a0000</entry>
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<entry>The class containing camera controls.
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These controls are described in <xref
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linkend="camera-controls" />.</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><constant>V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_FM_TX</constant></entry>
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<entry>0x9b0000</entry>
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<entry>The class containing FM Transmitter (FM TX) controls.
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These controls are described in <xref
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linkend="fm-tx-controls" />.</entry>
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</row>
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</tbody>
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</tgroup>
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</table>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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&return-value;
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>The &v4l2-ext-control; <structfield>id</structfield>
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is invalid or the &v4l2-ext-controls;
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<structfield>ctrl_class</structfield> is invalid. This error code is
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also returned by the <constant>VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS</constant> and
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<constant>VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS</constant> ioctls if two or more
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control values are in conflict.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><errorcode>ERANGE</errorcode></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>The &v4l2-ext-control; <structfield>value</structfield>
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is out of bounds.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><errorcode>EBUSY</errorcode></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>The control is temporarily not changeable, possibly
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because another applications took over control of the device function
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this control belongs to.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><errorcode>ENOSPC</errorcode></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>The space reserved for the control's payload is insufficient.
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The field <structfield>size</structfield> is set to a value that is enough
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to store the payload and this error code is returned.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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