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authorSakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@iki.fi>2012-10-21 16:02:47 -0300
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2012-12-21 10:44:52 -0200
commit1202ecdc24fc88d5b144824f55ec9c8899591caf (patch)
tree97a4925b3ba400fbcd20b72ea81818a3bf62688f /Documentation
parent1b5901331ff3af4bdc1b998a056a248c9924e2d1 (diff)
[media] v4l: Define video buffer flags for timestamp types
Define video buffer flags for different timestamp types. Everything up to now have used either realtime clock or monotonic clock, without a way to tell which clock the timestamp was taken from. Also document that the clock source of the timestamp in the timestamp field depends on buffer flags. [mchehab@redhat.com: fix a few wrong references to Kernel 3.8 - as this patch is meant for 3.9] Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@iki.fi> Acked-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml53
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml12
3 files changed, 65 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml
index 3dd9e78815d1..ebd2bfd1ee8e 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml
@@ -2477,6 +2477,18 @@ that used it. It was originally scheduled for removal in 2.6.35.
</orderedlist>
</section>
+ <section>
+ <title>V4L2 in Linux 3.9</title>
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Added timestamp types to
+ <structfield>flags</structfield> field in
+ <structname>v4l2_buffer</structname>. See <xref
+ linkend="buffer-flags" />.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </section>
+
<section id="other">
<title>Relation of V4L2 to other Linux multimedia APIs</title>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml
index 388a34032653..09e8dcf5e9c4 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml
@@ -741,17 +741,19 @@ applications when an output stream.</entry>
<entry>struct timeval</entry>
<entry><structfield>timestamp</structfield></entry>
<entry></entry>
- <entry><para>For input streams this is the
-system time (as returned by the <function>gettimeofday()</function>
-function) when the first data byte was captured. For output streams
-the data will not be displayed before this time, secondary to the
-nominal frame rate determined by the current video standard in
-enqueued order. Applications can for example zero this field to
-display frames as soon as possible. The driver stores the time at
-which the first data byte was actually sent out in the
-<structfield>timestamp</structfield> field. This permits
-applications to monitor the drift between the video and system
-clock.</para></entry>
+ <entry><para>For input streams this is time when the first data
+ byte was captured, as returned by the
+ <function>clock_gettime()</function> function for the relevant
+ clock id; see <constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_*</constant> in
+ <xref linkend="buffer-flags" />. For output streams the data
+ will not be displayed before this time, secondary to the nominal
+ frame rate determined by the current video standard in enqueued
+ order. Applications can for example zero this field to display
+ frames as soon as possible. The driver stores the time at which
+ the first data byte was actually sent out in the
+ <structfield>timestamp</structfield> field. This permits
+ applications to monitor the drift between the video and system
+ clock.</para></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>&v4l2-timecode;</entry>
@@ -1114,6 +1116,35 @@ Typically applications shall use this flag for output buffers if the data
in this buffer has not been created by the CPU but by some DMA-capable unit,
in which case caches have not been used.</entry>
</row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_MASK</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0xe000</entry>
+ <entry>Mask for timestamp types below. To test the
+ timestamp type, mask out bits not belonging to timestamp
+ type by performing a logical and operation with buffer
+ flags and timestamp mask.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_UNKNOWN</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0x0000</entry>
+ <entry>Unknown timestamp type. This type is used by
+ drivers before Linux 3.9 and may be either monotonic (see
+ below) or realtime (wall clock). Monotonic clock has been
+ favoured in embedded systems whereas most of the drivers
+ use the realtime clock. Either kinds of timestamps are
+ available in user space via
+ <function>clock_gettime(2)</function> using clock IDs
+ <constant>CLOCK_MONOTONIC</constant> and
+ <constant>CLOCK_REALTIME</constant>, respectively.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_BUF_FLAG_TIMESTAMP_MONOTONIC</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0x2000</entry>
+ <entry>The buffer timestamp has been taken from the
+ <constant>CLOCK_MONOTONIC</constant> clock. To access the
+ same clock outside V4L2, use
+ <function>clock_gettime(2)</function> .</entry>
+ </row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
index 4d110b1ad3e9..8fe29427c8e4 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
@@ -140,6 +140,16 @@ structs, ioctls) must be noted in more detail in the history chapter
applications. -->
<revision>
+ <revnumber>3.9</revnumber>
+ <date>2012-12-03</date>
+ <authorinitials>sa</authorinitials>
+ <revremark>Added timestamp types to
+ <structname>v4l2_buffer</structname>, see <xref
+ linkend="buffer-flags" />.
+ </revremark>
+ </revision>
+
+ <revision>
<revnumber>3.6</revnumber>
<date>2012-07-02</date>
<authorinitials>hv</authorinitials>
@@ -472,7 +482,7 @@ and discussions on the V4L mailing list.</revremark>
</partinfo>
<title>Video for Linux Two API Specification</title>
- <subtitle>Revision 3.6</subtitle>
+ <subtitle>Revision 3.9</subtitle>
<chapter id="common">
&sub-common;