[media] vidioc-queryctrl.rst: document V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_MODIFY_LAYOUT
authorHans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>
Mon, 10 Apr 2017 19:14:25 +0000 (16:14 -0300)
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Sat, 15 Apr 2017 01:53:36 +0000 (22:53 -0300)
Document this new control flag.

Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>
Acked-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-queryctrl.rst
Documentation/media/videodev2.h.rst.exceptions

index 82769de..1ffdc3f 100644 (file)
@@ -507,6 +507,19 @@ See also the examples in :ref:`control`.
        represents an action on the hardware. For example: clearing an
        error flag or triggering the flash. All the controls of the type
        ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_BUTTON`` have this flag set.
+    * .. _FLAG_MODIFY_LAYOUT:
+
+      - ``V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_MODIFY_LAYOUT``
+      - 0x0400
+      - Changing this control value may modify the layout of the
+        buffer (for video devices) or the media bus format (for sub-devices).
+
+       A typical example would be the ``V4L2_CID_ROTATE`` control.
+
+       Note that typically controls with this flag will also set the
+       ``V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_GRABBED`` flag when buffers are allocated or
+       streaming is in progress since most drivers do not support changing
+       the format in that case.
 
 
 Return Value
index c9c611b..a5cb0a8 100644 (file)
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ replace define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_WRITE_ONLY control-flags
 replace define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_VOLATILE control-flags
 replace define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_HAS_PAYLOAD control-flags
 replace define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_EXECUTE_ON_WRITE control-flags
+replace define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_MODIFY_LAYOUT control-flags
 
 replace define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_NEXT_CTRL control
 replace define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_NEXT_COMPOUND control