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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fmt.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fmt.xml | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fmt.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fmt.xml index 52acff193a6f..b4b0e0a28545 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fmt.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fmt.xml @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ the application calls the <constant>VIDIOC_S_FMT</constant> ioctl with a pointer to a <structname>v4l2_format</structname> structure the driver checks and adjusts the parameters against hardware abilities. Drivers -should not return an error code unless the input is ambiguous, this is +should not return an error code unless the <structfield>type</structfield> field is invalid, this is a mechanism to fathom device capabilities and to approach parameters acceptable for both the application and driver. On success the driver may program the hardware, allocate resources and generally prepare for @@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ disabling I/O or possibly time consuming hardware preparations. Although strongly recommended drivers are not required to implement this ioctl.</para> + <para>The format as returned by <constant>VIDIOC_TRY_FMT</constant> +must be identical to what <constant>VIDIOC_S_FMT</constant> returns for +the same input or output.</para> + <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-format"> <title>struct <structname>v4l2_format</structname></title> <tgroup cols="4"> @@ -187,8 +191,7 @@ capture and output devices.</entry> <term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term> <listitem> <para>The &v4l2-format; <structfield>type</structfield> -field is invalid, the requested buffer type not supported, or the -format is not supported with this buffer type.</para> +field is invalid or the requested buffer type not supported.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> |