1 .. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-
3 .. _VIDIOC_DBG_G_REGISTER:
5 **************************************************
6 ioctl VIDIOC_DBG_G_REGISTER, VIDIOC_DBG_S_REGISTER
7 **************************************************
12 VIDIOC_DBG_G_REGISTER - VIDIOC_DBG_S_REGISTER - Read or write hardware registers
18 .. c:function:: int ioctl( int fd, VIDIOC_DBG_G_REGISTER, struct v4l2_dbg_register *argp )
19 :name: VIDIOC_DBG_G_REGISTER
21 .. c:function:: int ioctl( int fd, VIDIOC_DBG_S_REGISTER, const struct v4l2_dbg_register *argp )
22 :name: VIDIOC_DBG_S_REGISTER
29 File descriptor returned by :ref:`open() <func-open>`.
39 This is an :ref:`experimental` interface and may
42 For driver debugging purposes these ioctls allow test applications to
43 access hardware registers directly. Regular applications must not use
46 Since writing or even reading registers can jeopardize the system
47 security, its stability and damage the hardware, both ioctls require
48 superuser privileges. Additionally the Linux kernel must be compiled
49 with the ``CONFIG_VIDEO_ADV_DEBUG`` option to enable these ioctls.
51 To write a register applications must initialize all fields of a struct
52 :c:type:`v4l2_dbg_register` except for ``size`` and
53 call ``VIDIOC_DBG_S_REGISTER`` with a pointer to this structure. The
54 ``match.type`` and ``match.addr`` or ``match.name`` fields select a chip
55 on the TV card, the ``reg`` field specifies a register number and the
56 ``val`` field the value to be written into the register.
58 To read a register applications must initialize the ``match.type``,
59 ``match.addr`` or ``match.name`` and ``reg`` fields, and call
60 ``VIDIOC_DBG_G_REGISTER`` with a pointer to this structure. On success
61 the driver stores the register value in the ``val`` field and the size
62 (in bytes) of the value in ``size``.
64 When ``match.type`` is ``V4L2_CHIP_MATCH_BRIDGE``, ``match.addr``
65 selects the nth non-sub-device chip on the TV card. The number zero
66 always selects the host chip, e. g. the chip connected to the PCI or USB
67 bus. You can find out which chips are present with the
68 :ref:`VIDIOC_DBG_G_CHIP_INFO` ioctl.
70 When ``match.type`` is ``V4L2_CHIP_MATCH_SUBDEV``, ``match.addr``
71 selects the nth sub-device.
73 These ioctls are optional, not all drivers may support them. However
74 when a driver supports these ioctls it must also support
75 :ref:`VIDIOC_DBG_G_CHIP_INFO`. Conversely
76 it may support ``VIDIOC_DBG_G_CHIP_INFO`` but not these ioctls.
78 ``VIDIOC_DBG_G_REGISTER`` and ``VIDIOC_DBG_S_REGISTER`` were introduced
79 in Linux 2.6.21, but their API was changed to the one described here in
82 We recommended the v4l2-dbg utility over calling these ioctls directly.
83 It is available from the LinuxTV v4l-dvb repository; see
84 `https://linuxtv.org/repo/ <https://linuxtv.org/repo/>`__ for access
88 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{3.5cm}|p{3.5cm}|p{3.5cm}|p{7.0cm}|
90 .. c:type:: v4l2_dbg_match
92 .. flat-table:: struct v4l2_dbg_match
99 - See :ref:`chip-match-types` for a list of possible types.
105 - Match a chip by this number, interpreted according to the ``type``
110 - Match a chip by this name, interpreted according to the ``type``
111 field. Currently unused.
115 .. c:type:: v4l2_dbg_register
117 .. flat-table:: struct v4l2_dbg_register
121 * - struct v4l2_dbg_match
123 - How to match the chip, see :c:type:`v4l2_dbg_match`.
126 - The register size in bytes.
132 - The value read from, or to be written into the register.
136 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{6.6cm}|p{2.2cm}|p{8.7cm}|
138 .. _chip-match-types:
140 .. flat-table:: Chip Match Types
145 * - ``V4L2_CHIP_MATCH_BRIDGE``
147 - Match the nth chip on the card, zero for the bridge chip. Does not
149 * - ``V4L2_CHIP_MATCH_SUBDEV``
151 - Match the nth sub-device.
157 On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set
158 appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the
159 :ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.
162 Insufficient permissions. Root privileges are required to execute