[media] v4l2-subdev.rst: add two sections from v4l2-framework.rst

There are two additional subdev-specific sections at the
v4l2-framework file. Move them to the subdev chapter, in order
to better organize the book.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
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@ -80,171 +80,6 @@ The V4L2 framework also optionally integrates with the media framework. If a
driver sets the struct v4l2_device mdev field, sub-devices and video nodes
will automatically appear in the media framework as entities.
V4L2 sub-device userspace API
-----------------------------
Beside exposing a kernel API through the v4l2_subdev_ops structure, V4L2
sub-devices can also be controlled directly by userspace applications.
Device nodes named v4l-subdevX can be created in /dev to access sub-devices
directly. If a sub-device supports direct userspace configuration it must set
the V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_DEVNODE flag before being registered.
After registering sub-devices, the v4l2_device driver can create device nodes
for all registered sub-devices marked with V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_DEVNODE by calling
v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(). Those device nodes will be automatically
removed when sub-devices are unregistered.
The device node handles a subset of the V4L2 API.
VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL
VIDIOC_QUERYMENU
VIDIOC_G_CTRL
VIDIOC_S_CTRL
VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS
VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS
VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS
The controls ioctls are identical to the ones defined in V4L2. They
behave identically, with the only exception that they deal only with
controls implemented in the sub-device. Depending on the driver, those
controls can be also be accessed through one (or several) V4L2 device
nodes.
VIDIOC_DQEVENT
VIDIOC_SUBSCRIBE_EVENT
VIDIOC_UNSUBSCRIBE_EVENT
The events ioctls are identical to the ones defined in V4L2. They
behave identically, with the only exception that they deal only with
events generated by the sub-device. Depending on the driver, those
events can also be reported by one (or several) V4L2 device nodes.
Sub-device drivers that want to use events need to set the
V4L2_SUBDEV_USES_EVENTS v4l2_subdev::flags and initialize
v4l2_subdev::nevents to events queue depth before registering the
sub-device. After registration events can be queued as usual on the
v4l2_subdev::devnode device node.
To properly support events, the poll() file operation is also
implemented.
Private ioctls
All ioctls not in the above list are passed directly to the sub-device
driver through the core::ioctl operation.
I2C sub-device drivers
----------------------
Since these drivers are so common, special helper functions are available to
ease the use of these drivers (v4l2-common.h).
The recommended method of adding v4l2_subdev support to an I2C driver is to
embed the v4l2_subdev struct into the state struct that is created for each
I2C device instance. Very simple devices have no state struct and in that case
you can just create a v4l2_subdev directly.
A typical state struct would look like this (where 'chipname' is replaced by
the name of the chip):
.. code-block:: none
struct chipname_state {
struct v4l2_subdev sd;
... /* additional state fields */
};
Initialize the v4l2_subdev struct as follows:
.. code-block:: none
v4l2_i2c_subdev_init(&state->sd, client, subdev_ops);
This function will fill in all the fields of v4l2_subdev and ensure that the
v4l2_subdev and i2c_client both point to one another.
You should also add a helper inline function to go from a v4l2_subdev pointer
to a chipname_state struct:
.. code-block:: none
static inline struct chipname_state *to_state(struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
{
return container_of(sd, struct chipname_state, sd);
}
Use this to go from the v4l2_subdev struct to the i2c_client struct:
.. code-block:: none
struct i2c_client *client = v4l2_get_subdevdata(sd);
And this to go from an i2c_client to a v4l2_subdev struct:
.. code-block:: none
struct v4l2_subdev *sd = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
Make sure to call v4l2_device_unregister_subdev(sd) when the remove() callback
is called. This will unregister the sub-device from the bridge driver. It is
safe to call this even if the sub-device was never registered.
You need to do this because when the bridge driver destroys the i2c adapter
the remove() callbacks are called of the i2c devices on that adapter.
After that the corresponding v4l2_subdev structures are invalid, so they
have to be unregistered first. Calling v4l2_device_unregister_subdev(sd)
from the remove() callback ensures that this is always done correctly.
The bridge driver also has some helper functions it can use:
.. code-block:: none
struct v4l2_subdev *sd = v4l2_i2c_new_subdev(v4l2_dev, adapter,
"module_foo", "chipid", 0x36, NULL);
This loads the given module (can be NULL if no module needs to be loaded) and
calls i2c_new_device() with the given i2c_adapter and chip/address arguments.
If all goes well, then it registers the subdev with the v4l2_device.
You can also use the last argument of v4l2_i2c_new_subdev() to pass an array
of possible I2C addresses that it should probe. These probe addresses are
only used if the previous argument is 0. A non-zero argument means that you
know the exact i2c address so in that case no probing will take place.
Both functions return NULL if something went wrong.
Note that the chipid you pass to v4l2_i2c_new_subdev() is usually
the same as the module name. It allows you to specify a chip variant, e.g.
"saa7114" or "saa7115". In general though the i2c driver autodetects this.
The use of chipid is something that needs to be looked at more closely at a
later date. It differs between i2c drivers and as such can be confusing.
To see which chip variants are supported you can look in the i2c driver code
for the i2c_device_id table. This lists all the possibilities.
There are two more helper functions:
v4l2_i2c_new_subdev_cfg: this function adds new irq and platform_data
arguments and has both 'addr' and 'probed_addrs' arguments: if addr is not
0 then that will be used (non-probing variant), otherwise the probed_addrs
are probed.
For example: this will probe for address 0x10:
.. code-block:: none
struct v4l2_subdev *sd = v4l2_i2c_new_subdev_cfg(v4l2_dev, adapter,
"module_foo", "chipid", 0, NULL, 0, I2C_ADDRS(0x10));
v4l2_i2c_new_subdev_board uses an i2c_board_info struct which is passed
to the i2c driver and replaces the irq, platform_data and addr arguments.
If the subdev supports the s_config core ops, then that op is called with
the irq and platform_data arguments after the subdev was setup. The older
v4l2_i2c_new_(probed\_)subdev functions will call s_config as well, but with
irq set to 0 and platform_data set to NULL.
struct video_device
-------------------

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@ -262,6 +262,172 @@ is called. After all subdevices have been located the .complete() callback is
called. When a subdevice is removed from the system the .unbind() method is
called. All three callbacks are optional.
V4L2 sub-device userspace API
-----------------------------
Beside exposing a kernel API through the v4l2_subdev_ops structure, V4L2
sub-devices can also be controlled directly by userspace applications.
Device nodes named v4l-subdevX can be created in /dev to access sub-devices
directly. If a sub-device supports direct userspace configuration it must set
the V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_DEVNODE flag before being registered.
After registering sub-devices, the v4l2_device driver can create device nodes
for all registered sub-devices marked with V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_DEVNODE by calling
v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(). Those device nodes will be automatically
removed when sub-devices are unregistered.
The device node handles a subset of the V4L2 API.
VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL
VIDIOC_QUERYMENU
VIDIOC_G_CTRL
VIDIOC_S_CTRL
VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS
VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS
VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS
The controls ioctls are identical to the ones defined in V4L2. They
behave identically, with the only exception that they deal only with
controls implemented in the sub-device. Depending on the driver, those
controls can be also be accessed through one (or several) V4L2 device
nodes.
VIDIOC_DQEVENT
VIDIOC_SUBSCRIBE_EVENT
VIDIOC_UNSUBSCRIBE_EVENT
The events ioctls are identical to the ones defined in V4L2. They
behave identically, with the only exception that they deal only with
events generated by the sub-device. Depending on the driver, those
events can also be reported by one (or several) V4L2 device nodes.
Sub-device drivers that want to use events need to set the
V4L2_SUBDEV_USES_EVENTS v4l2_subdev::flags and initialize
v4l2_subdev::nevents to events queue depth before registering the
sub-device. After registration events can be queued as usual on the
v4l2_subdev::devnode device node.
To properly support events, the poll() file operation is also
implemented.
Private ioctls
All ioctls not in the above list are passed directly to the sub-device
driver through the core::ioctl operation.
I2C sub-device drivers
----------------------
Since these drivers are so common, special helper functions are available to
ease the use of these drivers (v4l2-common.h).
The recommended method of adding v4l2_subdev support to an I2C driver is to
embed the v4l2_subdev struct into the state struct that is created for each
I2C device instance. Very simple devices have no state struct and in that case
you can just create a v4l2_subdev directly.
A typical state struct would look like this (where 'chipname' is replaced by
the name of the chip):
.. code-block:: none
struct chipname_state {
struct v4l2_subdev sd;
... /* additional state fields */
};
Initialize the v4l2_subdev struct as follows:
.. code-block:: none
v4l2_i2c_subdev_init(&state->sd, client, subdev_ops);
This function will fill in all the fields of v4l2_subdev and ensure that the
v4l2_subdev and i2c_client both point to one another.
You should also add a helper inline function to go from a v4l2_subdev pointer
to a chipname_state struct:
.. code-block:: none
static inline struct chipname_state *to_state(struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
{
return container_of(sd, struct chipname_state, sd);
}
Use this to go from the v4l2_subdev struct to the i2c_client struct:
.. code-block:: none
struct i2c_client *client = v4l2_get_subdevdata(sd);
And this to go from an i2c_client to a v4l2_subdev struct:
.. code-block:: none
struct v4l2_subdev *sd = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
Make sure to call v4l2_device_unregister_subdev(sd) when the remove() callback
is called. This will unregister the sub-device from the bridge driver. It is
safe to call this even if the sub-device was never registered.
You need to do this because when the bridge driver destroys the i2c adapter
the remove() callbacks are called of the i2c devices on that adapter.
After that the corresponding v4l2_subdev structures are invalid, so they
have to be unregistered first. Calling v4l2_device_unregister_subdev(sd)
from the remove() callback ensures that this is always done correctly.
The bridge driver also has some helper functions it can use:
.. code-block:: none
struct v4l2_subdev *sd = v4l2_i2c_new_subdev(v4l2_dev, adapter,
"module_foo", "chipid", 0x36, NULL);
This loads the given module (can be NULL if no module needs to be loaded) and
calls i2c_new_device() with the given i2c_adapter and chip/address arguments.
If all goes well, then it registers the subdev with the v4l2_device.
You can also use the last argument of v4l2_i2c_new_subdev() to pass an array
of possible I2C addresses that it should probe. These probe addresses are
only used if the previous argument is 0. A non-zero argument means that you
know the exact i2c address so in that case no probing will take place.
Both functions return NULL if something went wrong.
Note that the chipid you pass to v4l2_i2c_new_subdev() is usually
the same as the module name. It allows you to specify a chip variant, e.g.
"saa7114" or "saa7115". In general though the i2c driver autodetects this.
The use of chipid is something that needs to be looked at more closely at a
later date. It differs between i2c drivers and as such can be confusing.
To see which chip variants are supported you can look in the i2c driver code
for the i2c_device_id table. This lists all the possibilities.
There are two more helper functions:
v4l2_i2c_new_subdev_cfg: this function adds new irq and platform_data
arguments and has both 'addr' and 'probed_addrs' arguments: if addr is not
0 then that will be used (non-probing variant), otherwise the probed_addrs
are probed.
For example: this will probe for address 0x10:
.. code-block:: none
struct v4l2_subdev *sd = v4l2_i2c_new_subdev_cfg(v4l2_dev, adapter,
"module_foo", "chipid", 0, NULL, 0, I2C_ADDRS(0x10));
v4l2_i2c_new_subdev_board uses an i2c_board_info struct which is passed
to the i2c driver and replaces the irq, platform_data and addr arguments.
If the subdev supports the s_config core ops, then that op is called with
the irq and platform_data arguments after the subdev was setup. The older
v4l2_i2c_new_(probed\_)subdev functions will call s_config as well, but with
irq set to 0 and platform_data set to NULL.
V4L2 subdev kAPI
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^