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diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-controls.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-controls.txt index 54270df99d5c..cfe52c798d74 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-controls.txt +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-controls.txt @@ -136,11 +136,25 @@ Or alternatively for integer menu controls, by calling v4l2_ctrl_new_int_menu: const struct v4l2_ctrl_ops *ops, u32 id, s32 max, s32 def, const s64 *qmenu_int); +Standard menu controls with a driver specific menu are added by calling +v4l2_ctrl_new_std_menu_items: + + struct v4l2_ctrl *v4l2_ctrl_new_std_menu_items( + struct v4l2_ctrl_handler *hdl, + const struct v4l2_ctrl_ops *ops, u32 id, s32 max, + s32 skip_mask, s32 def, const char * const *qmenu); + These functions are typically called right after the v4l2_ctrl_handler_init: static const s64 exp_bias_qmenu[] = { -2, -1, 0, 1, 2 }; + static const char * const test_pattern[] = { + "Disabled", + "Vertical Bars", + "Solid Black", + "Solid White", + }; v4l2_ctrl_handler_init(&foo->ctrl_handler, nr_of_controls); v4l2_ctrl_new_std(&foo->ctrl_handler, &foo_ctrl_ops, @@ -156,6 +170,9 @@ These functions are typically called right after the v4l2_ctrl_handler_init: ARRAY_SIZE(exp_bias_qmenu) - 1, ARRAY_SIZE(exp_bias_qmenu) / 2 - 1, exp_bias_qmenu); + v4l2_ctrl_new_std_menu_items(&foo->ctrl_handler, &foo_ctrl_ops, + V4L2_CID_TEST_PATTERN, ARRAY_SIZE(test_pattern) - 1, 0, + 0, test_pattern); ... if (foo->ctrl_handler.error) { int err = foo->ctrl_handler.error; @@ -185,6 +202,13 @@ v4l2_ctrl_new_std_menu in that it doesn't have the mask argument and takes as the last argument an array of signed 64-bit integers that form an exact menu item list. +The v4l2_ctrl_new_std_menu_items function is very similar to +v4l2_ctrl_new_std_menu but takes an extra parameter qmenu, which is the driver +specific menu for an otherwise standard menu control. A good example for this +control is the test pattern control for capture/display/sensors devices that +have the capability to generate test patterns. These test patterns are hardware +specific, so the contents of the menu will vary from device to device. + Note that if something fails, the function will return NULL or an error and set ctrl_handler->error to the error code. If ctrl_handler->error was already set, then it will just return and do nothing. This is also true for |