"Ezequiel García" <elezegarcia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>If I register a video device with this fops:
>
>static const struct v4l2_file_operations v4l2_fops = {
> .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> .open = xxx_open,
> .unlocked_ioctl = xxx_unlocked_ioctl,
> .poll = xxx_poll,
> .mmap = xxx_mmap,
>};
>
>then if I "cat" the device
>
>$ cat /dev/video0
>
>Who is supporting read() ?
>
>I thought it could be v4l2_read(),
>however this function seems to return EINVAL:
>
>static ssize_t v4l2_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
> size_t sz, loff_t *off)
>{
> struct video_device *vdev = video_devdata(filp);
> int ret = -ENODEV;
>
> if (!vdev->fops->read)
> return -EINVAL;
> if (vdev->lock && mutex_lock_interruptible(vdev->lock))
> return -ERESTARTSYS;
> if (video_is_registered(vdev))
> ret = vdev->fops->read(filp, buf, sz, off);
> if (vdev->lock)
> mutex_unlock(vdev->lock);
> return ret;
>}
>
>Thanks,
>Ezequiel.
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Please read the v4l2 specification. Drivers can support the read/write methods or streaming IO methods (using mmap) or both.
Often it is the case that drivers for MPEG encoders or other chips that produce container formats use read/write. Drivers for chips the provide raw frames often use streaming IO.
Note that the videobuf2 framework can provide read/write method emulation for a driver IIRC.
- Andy
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