1 .. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-
3 .. _VIDIOC_DBG_G_CHIP_INFO:
5 ****************************
6 ioctl VIDIOC_DBG_G_CHIP_INFO
7 ****************************
12 VIDIOC_DBG_G_CHIP_INFO - Identify the chips on a TV card
18 .. c:function:: int ioctl( int fd, VIDIOC_DBG_G_CHIP_INFO, struct v4l2_dbg_chip_info *argp )
19 :name: VIDIOC_DBG_G_CHIP_INFO
26 File descriptor returned by :ref:`open() <func-open>`.
29 Pointer to struct :c:type:`v4l2_dbg_chip_info`.
37 This is an :ref:`experimental` interface and may
40 For driver debugging purposes this ioctl allows test applications to
41 query the driver about the chips present on the TV card. Regular
42 applications must not use it. When you found a chip specific bug, please
43 contact the linux-media mailing list
44 (`https://linuxtv.org/lists.php <https://linuxtv.org/lists.php>`__)
47 Additionally the Linux kernel must be compiled with the
48 ``CONFIG_VIDEO_ADV_DEBUG`` option to enable this ioctl.
50 To query the driver applications must initialize the ``match.type`` and
51 ``match.addr`` or ``match.name`` fields of a struct
52 :c:type:`v4l2_dbg_chip_info` and call
53 :ref:`VIDIOC_DBG_G_CHIP_INFO` with a pointer to this structure. On success
54 the driver stores information about the selected chip in the ``name``
57 When ``match.type`` is ``V4L2_CHIP_MATCH_BRIDGE``, ``match.addr``
58 selects the nth bridge 'chip' on the TV card. You can enumerate all
59 chips by starting at zero and incrementing ``match.addr`` by one until
60 :ref:`VIDIOC_DBG_G_CHIP_INFO` fails with an ``EINVAL`` error code. The number
61 zero always selects the bridge chip itself, e. g. the chip connected to
62 the PCI or USB bus. Non-zero numbers identify specific parts of the
63 bridge chip such as an AC97 register block.
65 When ``match.type`` is ``V4L2_CHIP_MATCH_SUBDEV``, ``match.addr``
66 selects the nth sub-device. This allows you to enumerate over all
69 On success, the ``name`` field will contain a chip name and the
70 ``flags`` field will contain ``V4L2_CHIP_FL_READABLE`` if the driver
71 supports reading registers from the device or ``V4L2_CHIP_FL_WRITABLE``
72 if the driver supports writing registers to the device.
74 We recommended the v4l2-dbg utility over calling this ioctl directly. It
75 is available from the LinuxTV v4l-dvb repository; see
76 `https://linuxtv.org/repo/ <https://linuxtv.org/repo/>`__ for access
80 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{3.5cm}|p{3.5cm}|p{3.5cm}|p{7.0cm}|
82 .. _name-v4l2-dbg-match:
84 .. flat-table:: struct v4l2_dbg_match
91 - See :ref:`name-chip-match-types` for a list of possible types.
97 - Match a chip by this number, interpreted according to the ``type``
102 - Match a chip by this name, interpreted according to the ``type``
103 field. Currently unused.
107 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{4.4cm}|p{4.4cm}|p{8.7cm}|
109 .. c:type:: v4l2_dbg_chip_info
111 .. flat-table:: struct v4l2_dbg_chip_info
116 * - struct v4l2_dbg_match
118 - How to match the chip, see :ref:`name-v4l2-dbg-match`.
121 - The name of the chip.
124 - Set by the driver. If ``V4L2_CHIP_FL_READABLE`` is set, then the
125 driver supports reading registers from the device. If
126 ``V4L2_CHIP_FL_WRITABLE`` is set, then it supports writing
130 - Reserved fields, both application and driver must set these to 0.
134 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{6.6cm}|p{2.2cm}|p{8.7cm}|
136 .. _name-chip-match-types:
138 .. flat-table:: Chip Match Types
143 * - ``V4L2_CHIP_MATCH_BRIDGE``
145 - Match the nth chip on the card, zero for the bridge chip. Does not
147 * - ``V4L2_CHIP_MATCH_SUBDEV``
149 - Match the nth sub-device.
155 On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set
156 appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the
157 :ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.
160 The ``match_type`` is invalid or no device could be matched.