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diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-enum-fmt.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-enum-fmt.rst index 000c154b0f98..0f69aa04607f 100644 --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-enum-fmt.rst +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-enum-fmt.rst @@ -85,7 +85,17 @@ the ``mbus_code`` field is handled differently: * - __u32 - ``index`` - Number of the format in the enumeration, set by the application. - This is in no way related to the ``pixelformat`` field. + This is in no way related to the ``pixelformat`` field. + When the index is ORed with ``V4L2_FMTDESC_FLAG_ENUM_ALL`` the + driver clears the flag and enumerates all the possible formats, + ignoring any limitations from the current configuration. Drivers + which do not support this flag always return an ``EINVAL`` + error code without clearing this flag. + Formats enumerated when using ``V4L2_FMTDESC_FLAG_ENUM_ALL`` flag + shouldn't be used when calling :c:func:`VIDIOC_ENUM_FRAMESIZES` + or :c:func:`VIDIOC_ENUM_FRAMEINTERVALS`. + ``V4L2_FMTDESC_FLAG_ENUM_ALL`` should only be used by drivers that + can return different format list depending on this flag. * - __u32 - ``type`` - Type of the data stream, set by the application. Only these types @@ -227,6 +237,19 @@ the ``mbus_code`` field is handled differently: The application can ask to configure the quantization of the capture device when calling the :ref:`VIDIOC_S_FMT <VIDIOC_G_FMT>` ioctl with :ref:`V4L2_PIX_FMT_FLAG_SET_CSC <v4l2-pix-fmt-flag-set-csc>` set. + * - ``V4L2_FMT_FLAG_META_LINE_BASED`` + - 0x0200 + - The metadata format is line-based. In this case the ``width``, + ``height`` and ``bytesperline`` fields of :c:type:`v4l2_meta_format` are + valid. The buffer consists of ``height`` lines, each having ``width`` + Data Units of data and the offset (in bytes) between the beginning of + each two consecutive lines is ``bytesperline``. + * - ``V4L2_FMTDESC_FLAG_ENUM_ALL`` + - 0x80000000 + - When the applications ORs ``index`` with ``V4L2_FMTDESC_FLAG_ENUM_ALL`` flag + the driver enumerates all the possible pixel formats without taking care + of any already set configuration. Drivers which do not support this flag, + always return ``EINVAL`` without clearing this flag. Return Value ============ |