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1.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-
2
3.. _VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS:
4
5******************************************************************
6ioctl VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS, VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS, VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS
7******************************************************************
8
9Name
10====
11
12VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS - VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS - VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS - Get or set the value of several controls, try control values
13
14
15Synopsis
16========
17
18.. c:function:: int ioctl( int fd, VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS, struct v4l2_ext_controls *argp )
19    :name: VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS
20
21
22.. c:function:: int ioctl( int fd, VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS, struct v4l2_ext_controls *argp )
23    :name: VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS
24
25
26.. c:function:: int ioctl( int fd, VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS, struct v4l2_ext_controls *argp )
27    :name: VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS
28
29
30Arguments
31=========
32
33``fd``
34    File descriptor returned by :ref:`open() <func-open>`.
35
36``argp``
37    Pointer to struct :c:type:`v4l2_ext_controls`.
38
39
40Description
41===========
42
43These ioctls allow the caller to get or set multiple controls
44atomically. Control IDs are grouped into control classes (see
45:ref:`ctrl-class`) and all controls in the control array must belong
46to the same control class.
47
48Applications must always fill in the ``count``, ``which``, ``controls``
49and ``reserved`` fields of struct
50:c:type:`v4l2_ext_controls`, and initialize the
51struct :c:type:`v4l2_ext_control` array pointed to
52by the ``controls`` fields.
53
54To get the current value of a set of controls applications initialize
55the ``id``, ``size`` and ``reserved2`` fields of each struct
56:c:type:`v4l2_ext_control` and call the
57:ref:`VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` ioctl. String controls controls must also set the
58``string`` field. Controls of compound types
59(``V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_HAS_PAYLOAD`` is set) must set the ``ptr`` field.
60
61If the ``size`` is too small to receive the control result (only
62relevant for pointer-type controls like strings), then the driver will
63set ``size`` to a valid value and return an ``ENOSPC`` error code. You
64should re-allocate the memory to this new size and try again. For the
65string type it is possible that the same issue occurs again if the
66string has grown in the meantime. It is recommended to call
67:ref:`VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL` first and use
68``maximum``\ +1 as the new ``size`` value. It is guaranteed that that is
69sufficient memory.
70
71N-dimensional arrays are set and retrieved row-by-row. You cannot set a
72partial array, all elements have to be set or retrieved. The total size
73is calculated as ``elems`` * ``elem_size``. These values can be obtained
74by calling :ref:`VIDIOC_QUERY_EXT_CTRL <VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL>`.
75
76To change the value of a set of controls applications initialize the
77``id``, ``size``, ``reserved2`` and ``value/value64/string/ptr`` fields
78of each struct :c:type:`v4l2_ext_control` and call
79the :ref:`VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` ioctl. The controls will only be set if *all*
80control values are valid.
81
82To check if a set of controls have correct values applications
83initialize the ``id``, ``size``, ``reserved2`` and
84``value/value64/string/ptr`` fields of each struct
85:c:type:`v4l2_ext_control` and call the
86:ref:`VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` ioctl. It is up to the driver whether wrong
87values are automatically adjusted to a valid value or if an error is
88returned.
89
90When the ``id`` or ``which`` is invalid drivers return an ``EINVAL`` error
91code. When the value is out of bounds drivers can choose to take the
92closest valid value or return an ``ERANGE`` error code, whatever seems more
93appropriate. In the first case the new value is set in struct
94:c:type:`v4l2_ext_control`. If the new control value
95is inappropriate (e.g. the given menu index is not supported by the menu
96control), then this will also result in an ``EINVAL`` error code error.
97
98The driver will only set/get these controls if all control values are
99correct. This prevents the situation where only some of the controls
100were set/get. Only low-level errors (e. g. a failed i2c command) can
101still cause this situation.
102
103
104.. tabularcolumns:: |p{1.2cm}|p{3.0cm}|p{1.5cm}|p{11.8cm}|
105
106.. c:type:: v4l2_ext_control
107
108.. cssclass: longtable
109
110.. flat-table:: struct v4l2_ext_control
111    :header-rows:  0
112    :stub-columns: 0
113    :widths:       1 1 1 2
114
115    * - __u32
116      - ``id``
117      -
118      - Identifies the control, set by the application.
119    * - __u32
120      - ``size``
121      -
122      - The total size in bytes of the payload of this control. This is
123	normally 0, but for pointer controls this should be set to the
124	size of the memory containing the payload, or that will receive
125	the payload. If :ref:`VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` finds that this value is
126	less than is required to store the payload result, then it is set
127	to a value large enough to store the payload result and ``ENOSPC`` is
128	returned.
129
130	.. note::
131
132	   For string controls, this ``size`` field should
133	   not be confused with the length of the string. This field refers
134	   to the size of the memory that contains the string. The actual
135	   *length* of the string may well be much smaller.
136    * - __u32
137      - ``reserved2``\ [1]
138      -
139      - Reserved for future extensions. Drivers and applications must set
140	the array to zero.
141    * - union
142      - (anonymous)
143    * -
144      - __s32
145      - ``value``
146      - New value or current value. Valid if this control is not of type
147	``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER64`` and ``V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_HAS_PAYLOAD`` is
148	not set.
149    * -
150      - __s64
151      - ``value64``
152      - New value or current value. Valid if this control is of type
153	``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER64`` and ``V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_HAS_PAYLOAD`` is
154	not set.
155    * -
156      - char *
157      - ``string``
158      - A pointer to a string. Valid if this control is of type
159	``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_STRING``.
160    * -
161      - __u8 *
162      - ``p_u8``
163      - A pointer to a matrix control of unsigned 8-bit values. Valid if
164	this control is of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_U8``.
165    * -
166      - __u16 *
167      - ``p_u16``
168      - A pointer to a matrix control of unsigned 16-bit values. Valid if
169	this control is of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_U16``.
170    * -
171      - __u32 *
172      - ``p_u32``
173      - A pointer to a matrix control of unsigned 32-bit values. Valid if
174	this control is of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_U32``.
175    * -
176      - void *
177      - ``ptr``
178      - A pointer to a compound type which can be an N-dimensional array
179	and/or a compound type (the control's type is >=
180	``V4L2_CTRL_COMPOUND_TYPES``). Valid if
181	``V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_HAS_PAYLOAD`` is set for this control.
182
183
184.. tabularcolumns:: |p{4.0cm}|p{2.2cm}|p{2.1cm}|p{8.2cm}|
185
186.. c:type:: v4l2_ext_controls
187
188.. cssclass:: longtable
189
190.. flat-table:: struct v4l2_ext_controls
191    :header-rows:  0
192    :stub-columns: 0
193    :widths:       1 1 2 1
194
195    * - union
196      - (anonymous)
197    * -
198      - __u32
199      - ``ctrl_class``
200      - The control class to which all controls belong, see
201	:ref:`ctrl-class`. Drivers that use a kernel framework for
202	handling controls will also accept a value of 0 here, meaning that
203	the controls can belong to any control class. Whether drivers
204	support this can be tested by setting ``ctrl_class`` to 0 and
205	calling :ref:`VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` with a ``count`` of 0. If that
206	succeeds, then the driver supports this feature.
207    * -
208      - __u32
209      - ``which``
210      - Which value of the control to get/set/try.
211	``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL`` will return the current value of the
212	control and ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_DEF_VAL`` will return the default
213	value of the control.
214
215	.. note::
216
217	   You can only get the default value of the control,
218	   you cannot set or try it.
219
220	For backwards compatibility you can also use a control class here
221	(see :ref:`ctrl-class`). In that case all controls have to
222	belong to that control class. This usage is deprecated, instead
223	just use ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL``. There are some very old
224	drivers that do not yet support ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL`` and
225	that require a control class here. You can test for such drivers
226	by setting ctrl_class to ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL`` and calling
227	VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS with a count of 0. If that fails, then the
228	driver does not support ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL``.
229    * - __u32
230      - ``count``
231      - The number of controls in the controls array. May also be zero.
232    * - __u32
233      - ``error_idx``
234      - Set by the driver in case of an error. If the error is associated
235	with a particular control, then ``error_idx`` is set to the index
236	of that control. If the error is not related to a specific
237	control, or the validation step failed (see below), then
238	``error_idx`` is set to ``count``. The value is undefined if the
239	ioctl returned 0 (success).
240
241	Before controls are read from/written to hardware a validation
242	step takes place: this checks if all controls in the list are
243	valid controls, if no attempt is made to write to a read-only
244	control or read from a write-only control, and any other up-front
245	checks that can be done without accessing the hardware. The exact
246	validations done during this step are driver dependent since some
247	checks might require hardware access for some devices, thus making
248	it impossible to do those checks up-front. However, drivers should
249	make a best-effort to do as many up-front checks as possible.
250
251	This check is done to avoid leaving the hardware in an
252	inconsistent state due to easy-to-avoid problems. But it leads to
253	another problem: the application needs to know whether an error
254	came from the validation step (meaning that the hardware was not
255	touched) or from an error during the actual reading from/writing
256	to hardware.
257
258	The, in hindsight quite poor, solution for that is to set
259	``error_idx`` to ``count`` if the validation failed. This has the
260	unfortunate side-effect that it is not possible to see which
261	control failed the validation. If the validation was successful
262	and the error happened while accessing the hardware, then
263	``error_idx`` is less than ``count`` and only the controls up to
264	``error_idx-1`` were read or written correctly, and the state of
265	the remaining controls is undefined.
266
267	Since :ref:`VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` does not access hardware there is
268	also no need to handle the validation step in this special way, so
269	``error_idx`` will just be set to the control that failed the
270	validation step instead of to ``count``. This means that if
271	:ref:`VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` fails with ``error_idx`` set to ``count``,
272	then you can call :ref:`VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` to try to discover the
273	actual control that failed the validation step. Unfortunately,
274	there is no ``TRY`` equivalent for :ref:`VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>`.
275    * - __u32
276      - ``reserved``\ [2]
277      - Reserved for future extensions.
278
279	Drivers and applications must set the array to zero.
280    * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ext_control` *
281      - ``controls``
282      - Pointer to an array of ``count`` v4l2_ext_control structures.
283
284	Ignored if ``count`` equals zero.
285
286
287.. tabularcolumns:: |p{6.6cm}|p{2.2cm}|p{8.7cm}|
288
289.. _ctrl-class:
290
291.. flat-table:: Control classes
292    :header-rows:  0
293    :stub-columns: 0
294    :widths:       3 1 4
295
296    * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_USER``
297      - 0x980000
298      - The class containing user controls. These controls are described
299	in :ref:`control`. All controls that can be set using the
300	:ref:`VIDIOC_S_CTRL <VIDIOC_G_CTRL>` and
301	:ref:`VIDIOC_G_CTRL <VIDIOC_G_CTRL>` ioctl belong to this
302	class.
303    * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_MPEG``
304      - 0x990000
305      - The class containing MPEG compression controls. These controls are
306	described in :ref:`mpeg-controls`.
307    * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_CAMERA``
308      - 0x9a0000
309      - The class containing camera controls. These controls are described
310	in :ref:`camera-controls`.
311    * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_FM_TX``
312      - 0x9b0000
313      - The class containing FM Transmitter (FM TX) controls. These
314	controls are described in :ref:`fm-tx-controls`.
315    * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_FLASH``
316      - 0x9c0000
317      - The class containing flash device controls. These controls are
318	described in :ref:`flash-controls`.
319    * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_JPEG``
320      - 0x9d0000
321      - The class containing JPEG compression controls. These controls are
322	described in :ref:`jpeg-controls`.
323    * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_IMAGE_SOURCE``
324      - 0x9e0000
325      - The class containing image source controls. These controls are
326	described in :ref:`image-source-controls`.
327    * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_IMAGE_PROC``
328      - 0x9f0000
329      - The class containing image processing controls. These controls are
330	described in :ref:`image-process-controls`.
331    * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_FM_RX``
332      - 0xa10000
333      - The class containing FM Receiver (FM RX) controls. These controls
334	are described in :ref:`fm-rx-controls`.
335    * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_RF_TUNER``
336      - 0xa20000
337      - The class containing RF tuner controls. These controls are
338	described in :ref:`rf-tuner-controls`.
339
340
341Return Value
342============
343
344On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set
345appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the
346:ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.
347
348EINVAL
349    The struct :c:type:`v4l2_ext_control` ``id`` is
350    invalid, the struct :c:type:`v4l2_ext_controls`
351    ``which`` is invalid, or the struct
352    :c:type:`v4l2_ext_control` ``value`` was
353    inappropriate (e.g. the given menu index is not supported by the
354    driver). This error code is also returned by the
355    :ref:`VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` and :ref:`VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` ioctls if two or
356    more control values are in conflict.
357
358ERANGE
359    The struct :c:type:`v4l2_ext_control` ``value``
360    is out of bounds.
361
362EBUSY
363    The control is temporarily not changeable, possibly because another
364    applications took over control of the device function this control
365    belongs to.
366
367ENOSPC
368    The space reserved for the control's payload is insufficient. The
369    field ``size`` is set to a value that is enough to store the payload
370    and this error code is returned.
371
372EACCES
373    Attempt to try or set a read-only control or to get a write-only
374    control.
375