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author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2016-07-11 08:25:30 -0300 |
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committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2016-07-12 06:22:17 -0300 |
commit | 6d9f4d799ba7f2618e3117fc09fb72aeeccb08fc (patch) | |
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[media] doc-rst: document LIRC_GET_REC_RESOLUTION
Improve the documentation for this ioctl, adding it to
a separate file, in order to look like the rest of the
book, and to later allow to generate a man page for this
ioctl.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/media/uapi/rc/lirc-get-rec-resolution.rst | 49 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/media/uapi/rc/lirc_device_interface.rst | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/media/uapi/rc/lirc_ioctl.rst | 10 |
3 files changed, 50 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/lirc-get-rec-resolution.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/lirc-get-rec-resolution.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6ef1723878b4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/lirc-get-rec-resolution.rst @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*- + +.. _lirc_get_rec_resolution: + +***************************** +ioctl LIRC_GET_REC_RESOLUTION +***************************** + +Name +==== + +LIRC_GET_REC_RESOLUTION - Obtain the value of receive resolution, in microseconds. + +Synopsis +======== + +.. cpp:function:: int ioctl( int fd, int request, __u32 *microseconds) + +Arguments +========= + +``fd`` + File descriptor returned by open(). + +``request`` + LIRC_GET_REC_RESOLUTION + +``microseconds`` + Resolution, in microseconds. + + +Description +=========== + +Some receivers have maximum resolution which is defined by internal +sample rate or data format limitations. E.g. it's common that +signals can only be reported in 50 microsecond steps. + +This ioctl returns the integer value with such resolution, with can be +used by userspace applications like lircd to automatically adjust the +tolerance value. + + +Return Value +============ + +On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set +appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the +:ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter. diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/lirc_device_interface.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/lirc_device_interface.rst index 34044b0c8f9c..532f4e92d1e9 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/lirc_device_interface.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/lirc_device_interface.rst @@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ LIRC Device Interface lirc-get-features lirc-get-send-mode lirc-get-rec-mode + lirc-get-rec-resolution lirc_ioctl diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/lirc_ioctl.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/lirc_ioctl.rst index 4656e30a5b5a..347b86d368b4 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/lirc_ioctl.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/lirc_ioctl.rst @@ -58,16 +58,6 @@ I/O control requests could be used to switch off carrier generation in the future, so these values should be reserved. -.. _LIRC_GET_REC_RESOLUTION: - -``LIRC_GET_REC_RESOLUTION`` - - Some receiver have maximum resolution which is defined by internal - sample rate or data format limitations. E.g. it's common that - signals can only be reported in 50 microsecond steps. This integer - value is used by lircd to automatically adjust the aeps tolerance - value in the lircd config file. - .. _LIRC_GET_MIN_TIMEOUT: .. _LIRC_GET_MAX_TIMEOUT: |