1 .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later
13 v4l2-write - Write to a V4L2 device
22 .. c:function:: ssize_t write( int fd, void *buf, size_t count )
28 File descriptor returned by :c:func:`open()`.
31 Buffer with data to be written
34 Number of bytes at the buffer
39 :c:func:`write()` writes up to ``count`` bytes to the device
40 referenced by the file descriptor ``fd`` from the buffer starting at
41 ``buf``. When the hardware outputs are not active yet, this function
42 enables them. When ``count`` is zero, :c:func:`write()` returns 0
43 without any other effect.
45 When the application does not provide more data in time, the previous
46 video frame, raw VBI image, sliced VPS or WSS data is displayed again.
47 Sliced Teletext or Closed Caption data is not repeated, the driver
48 inserts a blank line instead.
53 On success, the number of bytes written are returned. Zero indicates
54 nothing was written. On error, -1 is returned, and the ``errno``
55 variable is set appropriately. In this case the next write will start at
56 the beginning of a new frame. Possible error codes are:
59 Non-blocking I/O has been selected using the
60 :ref:`O_NONBLOCK <func-open>` flag and no buffer space was
61 available to write the data immediately.
64 ``fd`` is not a valid file descriptor or is not open for writing.
67 The driver does not support multiple write streams and the device is
71 ``buf`` references an inaccessible memory area.
74 The call was interrupted by a signal before any data was written.
77 I/O error. This indicates some hardware problem.
80 The :c:func:`write()` function is not supported by this driver,
81 not on this device, or generally not on this type of device.