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author | Yunhong Jiang <yunhong.jiang@intel.com> | 2015-08-04 12:17:53 -0700 |
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committer | Yunhong Jiang <yunhong.jiang@intel.com> | 2015-08-04 15:44:42 -0700 |
commit | 9ca8dbcc65cfc63d6f5ef3312a33184e1d726e00 (patch) | |
tree | 1c9cafbcd35f783a87880a10f85d1a060db1a563 /kernel/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-event.xml | |
parent | 98260f3884f4a202f9ca5eabed40b1354c489b29 (diff) |
Add the rt linux 4.1.3-rt3 as base
Import the rt linux 4.1.3-rt3 as OPNFV kvm base.
It's from git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rt/linux-rt-devel.git linux-4.1.y-rt and
the base is:
commit 0917f823c59692d751951bf5ea699a2d1e2f26a2
Author: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Date: Sat Jul 25 12:13:34 2015 +0200
Prepare v4.1.3-rt3
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
We lose all the git history this way and it's not good. We
should apply another opnfv project repo in future.
Change-Id: I87543d81c9df70d99c5001fbdf646b202c19f423
Signed-off-by: Yunhong Jiang <yunhong.jiang@intel.com>
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diff --git a/kernel/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-event.xml b/kernel/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-event.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..19f4becfa --- /dev/null +++ b/kernel/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-event.xml @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ + <title>Event Interface</title> + + <para>The V4L2 event interface provides a means for a user to get + immediately notified on certain conditions taking place on a device. + This might include start of frame or loss of signal events, for + example. Changes in the value or state of a V4L2 control can also be + reported through events. + </para> + + <para>To receive events, the events the user is interested in first must + be subscribed using the &VIDIOC-SUBSCRIBE-EVENT; ioctl. Once an event is + subscribed, the events of subscribed types are dequeueable using the + &VIDIOC-DQEVENT; ioctl. Events may be unsubscribed using + VIDIOC_UNSUBSCRIBE_EVENT ioctl. The special event type V4L2_EVENT_ALL may + be used to unsubscribe all the events the driver supports.</para> + + <para>The event subscriptions and event queues are specific to file + handles. Subscribing an event on one file handle does not affect + other file handles.</para> + + <para>The information on dequeueable events is obtained by using select or + poll system calls on video devices. The V4L2 events use POLLPRI events on + poll system call and exceptions on select system call.</para> + + <para>Starting with kernel 3.1 certain guarantees can be given with + regards to events:<orderedlist> + <listitem> + <para>Each subscribed event has its own internal dedicated event queue. +This means that flooding of one event type will not interfere with other +event types.</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>If the internal event queue for a particular subscribed event +becomes full, then the oldest event in that queue will be dropped.</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Where applicable, certain event types can ensure that the payload +of the oldest event that is about to be dropped will be merged with the payload +of the next oldest event. Thus ensuring that no information is lost, but only an +intermediate step leading up to that information. See the documentation for the +event you want to subscribe to whether this is applicable for that event or not.</para> + </listitem> + </orderedlist></para> |