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authorLaurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>2016-09-05 14:44:34 +0300
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[media] v4l: doc: Remove row numbers from tables
Shorten the tables by removing row numbers in comments, allowing for later insertion of rows with minimal diffs. All changes have been generated by the following script. import io import re import sys def process_table(fname, data): if fname.endswith('hist-v4l2.rst'): data = re.sub(u'\n{1,2}\t( ?) -( ?) ?', u'\n\t\\1 -\\2', data, flags = re.MULTILINE) data = re.sub(u'\n(\t| )- \.\. row [0-9]+\n\t ?-( ?) ?', u'\\1* -\\2', data, flags = re.MULTILINE) else: data = re.sub(u'\n{1,2} -( ?) ?', u'\n -\\1', data, flags = re.MULTILINE) data = re.sub(u'(\n?)(\n\n - \.\. row 1\n)', u'\n\\2', data, flags = re.MULTILINE) data = re.sub(u'\n - \.\. row [0-9]+\n -( ?) ?', u' * -\\1', data, flags = re.MULTILINE) data = re.sub(u'\n - \.\. row [0-9]+\n \.\. (_[A-Z0-9_`-]*:)', u'\n - .. \\1', data, flags = re.MULTILINE) data = re.sub(u'\n - \.\. (_[A-Z0-9_`-]*:)\n -', u' * .. \\1\n\n -', data, flags = re.MULTILINE) data = re.sub(u'^ - ', u' -', data, flags = re.MULTILINE) data = re.sub(u'^(\t{1,2}) ', u'\\1', data, flags = re.MULTILINE) return data def process_file(fname, data): buf = io.StringIO(data) output = '' in_table = False table_separator = 0 for line in buf.readlines(): if line.find('.. flat-table::') != -1: in_table = True table = '' elif in_table and not re.match('^[\t\n]|( )', line): in_table = False output += process_table(fname, table) if in_table: table += line else: output += line if in_table: in_table = False output += process_table(fname, table) return output fname = sys.argv[1] data = file(fname, 'rb').read().decode('utf-8') data = process_file(fname, data) file(fname, 'wb').write(data.encode('utf-8')) Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
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index f2785cad2e57..165d8314327e 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-querycap.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/vidioc-querycap.rst
@@ -48,123 +48,86 @@ specification the ioctl returns an ``EINVAL`` error code.
:stub-columns: 0
:widths: 3 4 20
- - .. row 1
-
- - __u8
-
- - ``driver``\ [16]
-
- - Name of the driver, a unique NUL-terminated ASCII string. For
- example: "bttv". Driver specific applications can use this
- information to verify the driver identity. It is also useful to
- work around known bugs, or to identify drivers in error reports.
-
- Storing strings in fixed sized arrays is bad practice but
- unavoidable here. Drivers and applications should take precautions
- to never read or write beyond the end of the array and to make
- sure the strings are properly NUL-terminated.
-
- - .. row 2
-
- - __u8
-
- - ``card``\ [32]
-
- - Name of the device, a NUL-terminated UTF-8 string. For example:
- "Yoyodyne TV/FM". One driver may support different brands or
- models of video hardware. This information is intended for users,
- for example in a menu of available devices. Since multiple TV
- cards of the same brand may be installed which are supported by
- the same driver, this name should be combined with the character
- device file name (e. g. ``/dev/video2``) or the ``bus_info``
- string to avoid ambiguities.
-
- - .. row 3
-
- - __u8
-
- - ``bus_info``\ [32]
-
- - Location of the device in the system, a NUL-terminated ASCII
- string. For example: "PCI:0000:05:06.0". This information is
- intended for users, to distinguish multiple identical devices. If
- no such information is available the field must simply count the
- devices controlled by the driver ("platform:vivi-000"). The
- bus_info must start with "PCI:" for PCI boards, "PCIe:" for PCI
- Express boards, "usb-" for USB devices, "I2C:" for i2c devices,
- "ISA:" for ISA devices, "parport" for parallel port devices and
- "platform:" for platform devices.
-
- - .. row 4
-
- - __u32
-
- - ``version``
-
- - Version number of the driver.
-
- Starting with kernel 3.1, the version reported is provided by the
- V4L2 subsystem following the kernel numbering scheme. However, it
- may not always return the same version as the kernel if, for
- example, a stable or distribution-modified kernel uses the V4L2
- stack from a newer kernel.
-
- The version number is formatted using the ``KERNEL_VERSION()``
- macro:
-
- - .. row 5
-
- - :cspan:`2`
-
- ``#define KERNEL_VERSION(a,b,c) (((a) << 16) + ((b) << 8) + (c))``
-
- ``__u32 version = KERNEL_VERSION(0, 8, 1);``
-
- ``printf ("Version: %u.%u.%u\\n",``
-
- ``(version >> 16) & 0xFF, (version >> 8) & 0xFF, version & 0xFF);``
-
- - .. row 6
-
- - __u32
-
- - ``capabilities``
-
- - Available capabilities of the physical device as a whole, see
- :ref:`device-capabilities`. The same physical device can export
- multiple devices in /dev (e.g. /dev/videoX, /dev/vbiY and
- /dev/radioZ). The ``capabilities`` field should contain a union of
- all capabilities available around the several V4L2 devices
- exported to userspace. For all those devices the ``capabilities``
- field returns the same set of capabilities. This allows
- applications to open just one of the devices (typically the video
- device) and discover whether video, vbi and/or radio are also
- supported.
-
- - .. row 7
-
- - __u32
-
- - ``device_caps``
-
- - Device capabilities of the opened device, see
- :ref:`device-capabilities`. Should contain the available
- capabilities of that specific device node. So, for example,
- ``device_caps`` of a radio device will only contain radio related
- capabilities and no video or vbi capabilities. This field is only
- set if the ``capabilities`` field contains the
- ``V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS`` capability. Only the ``capabilities``
- field can have the ``V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS`` capability,
- ``device_caps`` will never set ``V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS``.
-
- - .. row 8
-
- - __u32
-
- - ``reserved``\ [3]
-
- - Reserved for future extensions. Drivers must set this array to
- zero.
+ * - __u8
+ - ``driver``\ [16]
+ - Name of the driver, a unique NUL-terminated ASCII string. For
+ example: "bttv". Driver specific applications can use this
+ information to verify the driver identity. It is also useful to
+ work around known bugs, or to identify drivers in error reports.
+
+ Storing strings in fixed sized arrays is bad practice but
+ unavoidable here. Drivers and applications should take precautions
+ to never read or write beyond the end of the array and to make
+ sure the strings are properly NUL-terminated.
+ * - __u8
+ - ``card``\ [32]
+ - Name of the device, a NUL-terminated UTF-8 string. For example:
+ "Yoyodyne TV/FM". One driver may support different brands or
+ models of video hardware. This information is intended for users,
+ for example in a menu of available devices. Since multiple TV
+ cards of the same brand may be installed which are supported by
+ the same driver, this name should be combined with the character
+ device file name (e. g. ``/dev/video2``) or the ``bus_info``
+ string to avoid ambiguities.
+ * - __u8
+ - ``bus_info``\ [32]
+ - Location of the device in the system, a NUL-terminated ASCII
+ string. For example: "PCI:0000:05:06.0". This information is
+ intended for users, to distinguish multiple identical devices. If
+ no such information is available the field must simply count the
+ devices controlled by the driver ("platform:vivi-000"). The
+ bus_info must start with "PCI:" for PCI boards, "PCIe:" for PCI
+ Express boards, "usb-" for USB devices, "I2C:" for i2c devices,
+ "ISA:" for ISA devices, "parport" for parallel port devices and
+ "platform:" for platform devices.
+ * - __u32
+ - ``version``
+ - Version number of the driver.
+
+ Starting with kernel 3.1, the version reported is provided by the
+ V4L2 subsystem following the kernel numbering scheme. However, it
+ may not always return the same version as the kernel if, for
+ example, a stable or distribution-modified kernel uses the V4L2
+ stack from a newer kernel.
+
+ The version number is formatted using the ``KERNEL_VERSION()``
+ macro:
+ * - :cspan:`2`
+
+ ``#define KERNEL_VERSION(a,b,c) (((a) << 16) + ((b) << 8) + (c))``
+
+ ``__u32 version = KERNEL_VERSION(0, 8, 1);``
+
+ ``printf ("Version: %u.%u.%u\\n",``
+
+ ``(version >> 16) & 0xFF, (version >> 8) & 0xFF, version & 0xFF);``
+ * - __u32
+ - ``capabilities``
+ - Available capabilities of the physical device as a whole, see
+ :ref:`device-capabilities`. The same physical device can export
+ multiple devices in /dev (e.g. /dev/videoX, /dev/vbiY and
+ /dev/radioZ). The ``capabilities`` field should contain a union of
+ all capabilities available around the several V4L2 devices
+ exported to userspace. For all those devices the ``capabilities``
+ field returns the same set of capabilities. This allows
+ applications to open just one of the devices (typically the video
+ device) and discover whether video, vbi and/or radio are also
+ supported.
+ * - __u32
+ - ``device_caps``
+ - Device capabilities of the opened device, see
+ :ref:`device-capabilities`. Should contain the available
+ capabilities of that specific device node. So, for example,
+ ``device_caps`` of a radio device will only contain radio related
+ capabilities and no video or vbi capabilities. This field is only
+ set if the ``capabilities`` field contains the
+ ``V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS`` capability. Only the ``capabilities``
+ field can have the ``V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS`` capability,
+ ``device_caps`` will never set ``V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS``.
+ * - __u32
+ - ``reserved``\ [3]
+ - Reserved for future extensions. Drivers must set this array to
+ zero.
@@ -179,252 +142,118 @@ specification the ioctl returns an ``EINVAL`` error code.
:stub-columns: 0
:widths: 3 1 4
- - .. row 1
-
- - ``V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_CAPTURE``
-
- - 0x00000001
-
- - The device supports the single-planar API through the
- :ref:`Video Capture <capture>` interface.
-
- - .. row 2
-
- - ``V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_CAPTURE_MPLANE``
-
- - 0x00001000
-
- - The device supports the :ref:`multi-planar API <planar-apis>`
- through the :ref:`Video Capture <capture>` interface.
-
- - .. row 3
-
- - ``V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_OUTPUT``
-
- - 0x00000002
-
- - The device supports the single-planar API through the
- :ref:`Video Output <output>` interface.
-
- - .. row 4
-
- - ``V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_OUTPUT_MPLANE``
-
- - 0x00002000
-
- - The device supports the :ref:`multi-planar API <planar-apis>`
- through the :ref:`Video Output <output>` interface.
-
- - .. row 5
-
- - ``V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_M2M``
-
- - 0x00004000
-
- - The device supports the single-planar API through the Video
- Memory-To-Memory interface.
-
- - .. row 6
-
- - ``V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_M2M_MPLANE``
-
- - 0x00008000
-
- - The device supports the :ref:`multi-planar API <planar-apis>`
- through the Video Memory-To-Memory interface.
-
- - .. row 7
-
- - ``V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_OVERLAY``
-
- - 0x00000004
-
- - The device supports the :ref:`Video Overlay <overlay>`
- interface. A video overlay device typically stores captured images
- directly in the video memory of a graphics card, with hardware
- clipping and scaling.
-
- - .. row 8
-
- - ``V4L2_CAP_VBI_CAPTURE``
-
- - 0x00000010
-
- - The device supports the :ref:`Raw VBI Capture <raw-vbi>`
- interface, providing Teletext and Closed Caption data.
-
- - .. row 9
-
- - ``V4L2_CAP_VBI_OUTPUT``
-
- - 0x00000020
-
- - The device supports the :ref:`Raw VBI Output <raw-vbi>`
- interface.
-
- - .. row 10
-
- - ``V4L2_CAP_SLICED_VBI_CAPTURE``
-
- - 0x00000040
-
- - The device supports the :ref:`Sliced VBI Capture <sliced>`
- interface.
-
- - .. row 11
-
- - ``V4L2_CAP_SLICED_VBI_OUTPUT``
-
- - 0x00000080
-
- - The device supports the :ref:`Sliced VBI Output <sliced>`
- interface.
-
- - .. row 12
-
- - ``V4L2_CAP_RDS_CAPTURE``
-
- - 0x00000100
-
- - The device supports the :ref:`RDS <rds>` capture interface.
-
- - .. row 13
-
- - ``V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_OUTPUT_OVERLAY``
-
- - 0x00000200
-
- - The device supports the :ref:`Video Output Overlay <osd>` (OSD)
- interface. Unlike the *Video Overlay* interface, this is a
- secondary function of video output devices and overlays an image
- onto an outgoing video signal. When the driver sets this flag, it
- must clear the ``V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_OVERLAY`` flag and vice
- versa. [#f1]_
-
- - .. row 14
-
- - ``V4L2_CAP_HW_FREQ_SEEK``
-
- - 0x00000400
-
- - The device supports the
- :ref:`VIDIOC_S_HW_FREQ_SEEK` ioctl
- for hardware frequency seeking.
-
- - .. row 15
-
- - ``V4L2_CAP_RDS_OUTPUT``
-
- - 0x00000800
-
- - The device supports the :ref:`RDS <rds>` output interface.
-
- - .. row 16
-
- - ``V4L2_CAP_TUNER``
-
- - 0x00010000
-
- - The device has some sort of tuner to receive RF-modulated video
- signals. For more information about tuner programming see
- :ref:`tuner`.
-
- - .. row 17
-
- - ``V4L2_CAP_AUDIO``
-
- - 0x00020000
-
- - The device has audio inputs or outputs. It may or may not support
- audio recording or playback, in PCM or compressed formats. PCM
- audio support must be implemented as ALSA or OSS interface. For
- more information on audio inputs and outputs see :ref:`audio`.
-
- - .. row 18
-
- - ``V4L2_CAP_RADIO``
-
- - 0x00040000
-
- - This is a radio receiver.
-
- - .. row 19
-
- - ``V4L2_CAP_MODULATOR``
-
- - 0x00080000
-
- - The device has some sort of modulator to emit RF-modulated
- video/audio signals. For more information about modulator
- programming see :ref:`tuner`.
-
- - .. row 20
-
- - ``V4L2_CAP_SDR_CAPTURE``
-
- - 0x00100000
-
- - The device supports the :ref:`SDR Capture <sdr>` interface.
-
- - .. row 21
-
- - ``V4L2_CAP_EXT_PIX_FORMAT``
-
- - 0x00200000
-
- - The device supports the struct
- :c:type:`v4l2_pix_format` extended fields.
-
- - .. row 22
-
- - ``V4L2_CAP_SDR_OUTPUT``
-
- - 0x00400000
-
- - The device supports the :ref:`SDR Output <sdr>` interface.
-
- - .. row 23
-
- - ``V4L2_CAP_READWRITE``
-
- - 0x01000000
-
- - The device supports the :ref:`read() <rw>` and/or
- :ref:`write() <rw>` I/O methods.
-
- - .. row 24
-
- - ``V4L2_CAP_ASYNCIO``
-
- - 0x02000000
-
- - The device supports the :ref:`asynchronous <async>` I/O methods.
-
- - .. row 25
-
- - ``V4L2_CAP_STREAMING``
-
- - 0x04000000
-
- - The device supports the :ref:`streaming <mmap>` I/O method.
-
- - .. row 26
-
- - ``V4L2_CAP_TOUCH``
-
- - 0x10000000
-
- - This is a touch device.
-
- - .. row 27
-
- - ``V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS``
-
- - 0x80000000
-
- - The driver fills the ``device_caps`` field. This capability can
- only appear in the ``capabilities`` field and never in the
- ``device_caps`` field.
+ * - ``V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_CAPTURE``
+ - 0x00000001
+ - The device supports the single-planar API through the
+ :ref:`Video Capture <capture>` interface.
+ * - ``V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_CAPTURE_MPLANE``
+ - 0x00001000
+ - The device supports the :ref:`multi-planar API <planar-apis>`
+ through the :ref:`Video Capture <capture>` interface.
+ * - ``V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_OUTPUT``
+ - 0x00000002
+ - The device supports the single-planar API through the
+ :ref:`Video Output <output>` interface.
+ * - ``V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_OUTPUT_MPLANE``
+ - 0x00002000
+ - The device supports the :ref:`multi-planar API <planar-apis>`
+ through the :ref:`Video Output <output>` interface.
+ * - ``V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_M2M``
+ - 0x00004000
+ - The device supports the single-planar API through the Video
+ Memory-To-Memory interface.
+ * - ``V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_M2M_MPLANE``
+ - 0x00008000
+ - The device supports the :ref:`multi-planar API <planar-apis>`
+ through the Video Memory-To-Memory interface.
+ * - ``V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_OVERLAY``
+ - 0x00000004
+ - The device supports the :ref:`Video Overlay <overlay>`
+ interface. A video overlay device typically stores captured images
+ directly in the video memory of a graphics card, with hardware
+ clipping and scaling.
+ * - ``V4L2_CAP_VBI_CAPTURE``
+ - 0x00000010
+ - The device supports the :ref:`Raw VBI Capture <raw-vbi>`
+ interface, providing Teletext and Closed Caption data.
+ * - ``V4L2_CAP_VBI_OUTPUT``
+ - 0x00000020
+ - The device supports the :ref:`Raw VBI Output <raw-vbi>`
+ interface.
+ * - ``V4L2_CAP_SLICED_VBI_CAPTURE``
+ - 0x00000040
+ - The device supports the :ref:`Sliced VBI Capture <sliced>`
+ interface.
+ * - ``V4L2_CAP_SLICED_VBI_OUTPUT``
+ - 0x00000080
+ - The device supports the :ref:`Sliced VBI Output <sliced>`
+ interface.
+ * - ``V4L2_CAP_RDS_CAPTURE``
+ - 0x00000100
+ - The device supports the :ref:`RDS <rds>` capture interface.
+ * - ``V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_OUTPUT_OVERLAY``
+ - 0x00000200
+ - The device supports the :ref:`Video Output Overlay <osd>` (OSD)
+ interface. Unlike the *Video Overlay* interface, this is a
+ secondary function of video output devices and overlays an image
+ onto an outgoing video signal. When the driver sets this flag, it
+ must clear the ``V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_OVERLAY`` flag and vice
+ versa. [#f1]_
+ * - ``V4L2_CAP_HW_FREQ_SEEK``
+ - 0x00000400
+ - The device supports the
+ :ref:`VIDIOC_S_HW_FREQ_SEEK` ioctl
+ for hardware frequency seeking.
+ * - ``V4L2_CAP_RDS_OUTPUT``
+ - 0x00000800
+ - The device supports the :ref:`RDS <rds>` output interface.
+ * - ``V4L2_CAP_TUNER``
+ - 0x00010000
+ - The device has some sort of tuner to receive RF-modulated video
+ signals. For more information about tuner programming see
+ :ref:`tuner`.
+ * - ``V4L2_CAP_AUDIO``
+ - 0x00020000
+ - The device has audio inputs or outputs. It may or may not support
+ audio recording or playback, in PCM or compressed formats. PCM
+ audio support must be implemented as ALSA or OSS interface. For
+ more information on audio inputs and outputs see :ref:`audio`.
+ * - ``V4L2_CAP_RADIO``
+ - 0x00040000
+ - This is a radio receiver.
+ * - ``V4L2_CAP_MODULATOR``
+ - 0x00080000
+ - The device has some sort of modulator to emit RF-modulated
+ video/audio signals. For more information about modulator
+ programming see :ref:`tuner`.
+ * - ``V4L2_CAP_SDR_CAPTURE``
+ - 0x00100000
+ - The device supports the :ref:`SDR Capture <sdr>` interface.
+ * - ``V4L2_CAP_EXT_PIX_FORMAT``
+ - 0x00200000
+ - The device supports the struct
+ :c:type:`v4l2_pix_format` extended fields.
+ * - ``V4L2_CAP_SDR_OUTPUT``
+ - 0x00400000
+ - The device supports the :ref:`SDR Output <sdr>` interface.
+ * - ``V4L2_CAP_READWRITE``
+ - 0x01000000
+ - The device supports the :ref:`read() <rw>` and/or
+ :ref:`write() <rw>` I/O methods.
+ * - ``V4L2_CAP_ASYNCIO``
+ - 0x02000000
+ - The device supports the :ref:`asynchronous <async>` I/O methods.
+ * - ``V4L2_CAP_STREAMING``
+ - 0x04000000
+ - The device supports the :ref:`streaming <mmap>` I/O method.
+ * - ``V4L2_CAP_TOUCH``
+ - 0x10000000
+ - This is a touch device.
+ * - ``V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS``
+ - 0x80000000
+ - The driver fills the ``device_caps`` field. This capability can
+ only appear in the ``capabilities`` field and never in the
+ ``device_caps`` field.
Return Value