1 .. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-
3 .. _VIDIOC_SUBSCRIBE_EVENT:
4 .. _VIDIOC_UNSUBSCRIBE_EVENT:
6 ******************************************************
7 ioctl VIDIOC_SUBSCRIBE_EVENT, VIDIOC_UNSUBSCRIBE_EVENT
8 ******************************************************
13 VIDIOC_SUBSCRIBE_EVENT - VIDIOC_UNSUBSCRIBE_EVENT - Subscribe or unsubscribe event
19 .. c:function:: int ioctl( int fd, VIDIOC_SUBSCRIBE_EVENT, struct v4l2_event_subscription *argp )
20 :name: VIDIOC_SUBSCRIBE_EVENT
22 .. c:function:: int ioctl( int fd, VIDIOC_UNSUBSCRIBE_EVENT, struct v4l2_event_subscription *argp )
23 :name: VIDIOC_UNSUBSCRIBE_EVENT
30 File descriptor returned by :ref:`open() <func-open>`.
38 Subscribe or unsubscribe V4L2 event. Subscribed events are dequeued by
39 using the :ref:`VIDIOC_DQEVENT` ioctl.
42 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{4.4cm}|p{4.4cm}|p{8.7cm}|
44 .. c:type:: v4l2_event_subscription
46 .. flat-table:: struct v4l2_event_subscription
53 - Type of the event, see :ref:`event-type`.
57 ``V4L2_EVENT_ALL`` can be used with
58 :ref:`VIDIOC_UNSUBSCRIBE_EVENT <VIDIOC_SUBSCRIBE_EVENT>` for
59 unsubscribing all events at once.
62 - ID of the event source. If there is no ID associated with the
63 event source, then set this to 0. Whether or not an event needs an
64 ID depends on the event type.
67 - Event flags, see :ref:`event-flags`.
70 - Reserved for future extensions. Drivers and applications must set
75 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{6.6cm}|p{2.2cm}|p{8.7cm}|
79 .. flat-table:: Event Flags
84 * - ``V4L2_EVENT_SUB_FL_SEND_INITIAL``
86 - When this event is subscribed an initial event will be sent
87 containing the current status. This only makes sense for events
88 that are triggered by a status change such as ``V4L2_EVENT_CTRL``.
89 Other events will ignore this flag.
90 * - ``V4L2_EVENT_SUB_FL_ALLOW_FEEDBACK``
92 - If set, then events directly caused by an ioctl will also be sent
93 to the filehandle that called that ioctl. For example, changing a
94 control using :ref:`VIDIOC_S_CTRL <VIDIOC_G_CTRL>` will cause
95 a V4L2_EVENT_CTRL to be sent back to that same filehandle.
96 Normally such events are suppressed to prevent feedback loops
97 where an application changes a control to a one value and then
98 another, and then receives an event telling it that that control
99 has changed to the first value.
101 Since it can't tell whether that event was caused by another
102 application or by the :ref:`VIDIOC_S_CTRL <VIDIOC_G_CTRL>`
103 call it is hard to decide whether to set the control to the value
104 in the event, or ignore it.
106 Think carefully when you set this flag so you won't get into
107 situations like that.
113 On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set
114 appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the
115 :ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.