--- zzzz-none-000/linux-3.10.107/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-streamon.xml 2017-06-27 09:49:32.000000000 +0000 +++ scorpion-7490-727/linux-3.10.107/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-streamon.xml 2021-02-04 17:41:59.000000000 +0000 @@ -52,16 +52,24 @@ The VIDIOC_STREAMON and VIDIOC_STREAMOFF ioctl start and stop the capture or output process during streaming (memory -mapping or user pointer) I/O. +mapping, user pointer or +DMABUF) I/O. - Specifically the capture hardware is disabled and no input + Capture hardware is disabled and no input buffers are filled (if there are any empty buffers in the incoming queue) until VIDIOC_STREAMON has been called. -Accordingly the output hardware is disabled, no video signal is +Output hardware is disabled and no video signal is produced until VIDIOC_STREAMON has been called. -The ioctl will succeed only when at least one output buffer is in the +The ioctl will succeed when at least one output buffer is in the incoming queue. + Memory-to-memory devices will not start until +VIDIOC_STREAMON has been called for both the capture +and output stream types. + + If VIDIOC_STREAMON fails then any already +queued buffers will remain queued. + The VIDIOC_STREAMOFF ioctl, apart of aborting or finishing any DMA in progress, unlocks any user pointer buffers locked in physical memory, and it removes all buffers from the @@ -70,14 +78,22 @@ not transmitted yet. I/O returns to the same state as after calling &VIDIOC-REQBUFS; and can be restarted accordingly. + If buffers have been queued with &VIDIOC-QBUF; and +VIDIOC_STREAMOFF is called without ever having +called VIDIOC_STREAMON, then those queued buffers +will also be removed from the incoming queue and all are returned to the +same state as after calling &VIDIOC-REQBUFS; and can be restarted +accordingly. + Both ioctls take a pointer to an integer, the desired buffer or stream type. This is the same as &v4l2-requestbuffers; type. If VIDIOC_STREAMON is called when streaming is already in progress, or if VIDIOC_STREAMOFF is called -when streaming is already stopped, then the ioctl does nothing and 0 is -returned. +when streaming is already stopped, then 0 is returned. Nothing happens in the +case of VIDIOC_STREAMON, but VIDIOC_STREAMOFF +will return queued buffers to their starting state as mentioned above. Note that applications can be preempted for unknown periods right before or after the VIDIOC_STREAMON or @@ -93,7 +109,7 @@ EINVAL - The buffertype is not supported, + The buffer type is not supported, or no buffers have been allocated (memory mapping) or enqueued (output) yet.