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1 <refentry id="vidioc-s-hw-freq-seek">
2   <refmeta>
3     <refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_S_HW_FREQ_SEEK</refentrytitle>
4     &manvol;
5   </refmeta>
7   <refnamediv>
8     <refname>VIDIOC_S_HW_FREQ_SEEK</refname>
9     <refpurpose>Perform a hardware frequency seek</refpurpose>
10   </refnamediv>
12   <refsynopsisdiv>
13     <funcsynopsis>
14       <funcprototype>
15         <funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef>
16         <paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef>
17         <paramdef>int <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef>
18         <paramdef>struct v4l2_hw_freq_seek
19 *<parameter>argp</parameter></paramdef>
20       </funcprototype>
21     </funcsynopsis>
22   </refsynopsisdiv>
24   <refsect1>
25     <title>Arguments</title>
27     <variablelist>
28       <varlistentry>
29         <term><parameter>fd</parameter></term>
30         <listitem>
31           <para>&fd;</para>
32         </listitem>
33       </varlistentry>
34       <varlistentry>
35         <term><parameter>request</parameter></term>
36         <listitem>
37           <para>VIDIOC_S_HW_FREQ_SEEK</para>
38         </listitem>
39       </varlistentry>
40       <varlistentry>
41         <term><parameter>argp</parameter></term>
42         <listitem>
43           <para></para>
44         </listitem>
45       </varlistentry>
46     </variablelist>
47   </refsect1>
49   <refsect1>
50     <title>Description</title>
52     <para>Start a hardware frequency seek from the current frequency.
53 To do this applications initialize the <structfield>tuner</structfield>,
54 <structfield>type</structfield>, <structfield>seek_upward</structfield> and
55 <structfield>wrap_around</structfield> fields, and zero out the
56 <structfield>reserved</structfield> array of a &v4l2-hw-freq-seek; and
57 call the <constant>VIDIOC_S_HW_FREQ_SEEK</constant> ioctl with a pointer
58 to this structure.</para>
60     <para>This ioctl is supported if the <constant>V4L2_CAP_HW_FREQ_SEEK</constant> capability is set.</para>
62     <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-hw-freq-seek">
63       <title>struct <structname>v4l2_hw_freq_seek</structname></title>
64       <tgroup cols="3">
65         &cs-str;
66         <tbody valign="top">
67           <row>
68             <entry>__u32</entry>
69             <entry><structfield>tuner</structfield></entry>
70             <entry>The tuner index number. This is the
71 same value as in the &v4l2-input; <structfield>tuner</structfield>
72 field and the &v4l2-tuner; <structfield>index</structfield> field.</entry>
73           </row>
74           <row>
75             <entry>&v4l2-tuner-type;</entry>
76             <entry><structfield>type</structfield></entry>
77             <entry>The tuner type. This is the same value as in the
78 &v4l2-tuner; <structfield>type</structfield> field.</entry>
79           </row>
80           <row>
81             <entry>__u32</entry>
82             <entry><structfield>seek_upward</structfield></entry>
83             <entry>If non-zero, seek upward from the current frequency, else seek downward.</entry>
84           </row>
85           <row>
86             <entry>__u32</entry>
87             <entry><structfield>wrap_around</structfield></entry>
88             <entry>If non-zero, wrap around when at the end of the frequency range, else stop seeking.</entry>
89           </row>
90           <row>
91             <entry>__u32</entry>
92             <entry><structfield>reserved</structfield>[8]</entry>
93             <entry>Reserved for future extensions. Drivers and
94             applications must set the array to zero.</entry>
95           </row>
96         </tbody>
97       </tgroup>
98     </table>
99   </refsect1>
101   <refsect1>
102     &return-value;
104     <variablelist>
105       <varlistentry>
106         <term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term>
107         <listitem>
108           <para>The <structfield>tuner</structfield> index is out of
109 bounds or the value in the <structfield>type</structfield> field is
110 wrong.</para>
111         </listitem>
112       </varlistentry>
113       <varlistentry>
114         <term><errorcode>EAGAIN</errorcode></term>
115         <listitem>
116           <para>The ioctl timed-out. Try again.</para>
117         </listitem>
118       </varlistentry>
119     </variablelist>
120   </refsect1>
121 </refentry>
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