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| author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com> | 2009-09-15 14:09:03 -0300 |
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| committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com> | 2009-09-15 14:09:03 -0300 |
| commit | 5c742b688922417548eae7f84f8979c6e08d9692 (patch) | |
| tree | 061ccba74878c6885fe91563ae9e616b88e4a7ee /staging-specs/v4l/vidioc-log-status.xml | |
| parent | a7ec580399a117b5f3320f4e0b252d0ba87917ba (diff) | |
| parent | 6c7152d8e7cab73ccc06346104d485dd0c03aa19 (diff) | |
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merge: http://linuxtv.org/hg/~awalls/v4l-dvb
From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/staging-specs/v4l/vidioc-log-status.xml b/staging-specs/v4l/vidioc-log-status.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2634b7c88 --- /dev/null +++ b/staging-specs/v4l/vidioc-log-status.xml @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +<refentry id="vidioc-log-status"> + <refmeta> + <refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS</refentrytitle> + &manvol; + </refmeta> + + <refnamediv> + <refname>VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS</refname> + <refpurpose>Log driver status information</refpurpose> + </refnamediv> + + <refsynopsisdiv> + <funcsynopsis> + <funcprototype> + <funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef> + <paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef> + <paramdef>int <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef> + </funcprototype> + </funcsynopsis> + </refsynopsisdiv> + + <refsect1> + <title>Description</title> + + <para>As the video/audio devices become more complicated it +becomes harder to debug problems. When this ioctl is called the driver +will output the current device status to the kernel log. This is +particular useful when dealing with problems like no sound, no video +and incorrectly tuned channels. Also many modern devices autodetect +video and audio standards and this ioctl will report what the device +thinks what the standard is. Mismatches may give an indication where +the problem is.</para> + + <para>This ioctl is optional and not all drivers support it. It +was introduced in Linux 2.6.15.</para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + &return-value; + + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term> + <listitem> + <para>The driver does not support this ioctl.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </refsect1> +</refentry> + +<!-- +Local Variables: +mode: sgml +sgml-parent-document: "v4l2.sgml" +indent-tabs-mode: nil +End: +--> |