[PATCH 03/15] V4L: Add camera exposure bias control

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The camera may in some conditions incorrectly determine the exposure,
and a manual automatic exposure correction may be needed. This patch
adds V4L2_CID_AUTO_EXPOSURE_BIAS control which allows to add some
offset in the automatic exposure control loop, to compensate for
frame under- or over-exposure.

Signed-off-by: Sylwester Nawrocki <s.nawrocki@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/controls.xml |   16 ++++++++++++++++
 drivers/media/video/v4l2-ctrls.c             |    4 ++++
 include/linux/videodev2.h                    |    2 ++
 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/controls.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/controls.xml
index 0e2040d..69363dc 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/controls.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/controls.xml
@@ -2840,6 +2840,22 @@ remain constant.</entry>
 	  <row><entry></entry></row>
 
 	  <row>
+	    <entry spanname="id"><constant>V4L2_CID_EXPOSURE_BIAS</constant>&nbsp;</entry>
+	    <entry>integer menu</entry>
+	  </row><row><entry spanname="descr"> Determines the automatic
+exposure compensation, it is effective only when <constant>V4L2_CID_EXPOSURE_AUTO</constant>
+control is set to <constant>AUTO</constant>, <constant>SHUTTER_PRIORITY </constant>
+or <constant>APERTURE_PRIORITY</constant>.
+It is expressed in terms of EV, drivers should interpret the values as 0.001 EV
+units, where the value 1000 stands for +1 EV.
+<para>Increasing the exposure compensation value is equivalent to decreasing
+the exposure value (EV) and will increase the amount of light at the image
+sensor. The camera performs the exposure compensation by adjusting absolute
+exposure time and/or aperture.</para></entry>
+	  </row>
+	  <row><entry></entry></row>
+
+	  <row>
 	    <entry spanname="id"><constant>V4L2_CID_PAN_RELATIVE</constant>&nbsp;</entry>
 	    <entry>integer</entry>
 	  </row><row><entry spanname="descr">This control turns the
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-ctrls.c b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-ctrls.c
index aa0934c..1f67bf2 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-ctrls.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-ctrls.c
@@ -603,6 +603,7 @@ const char *v4l2_ctrl_get_name(u32 id)
 	case V4L2_CID_PRIVACY:			return "Privacy";
 	case V4L2_CID_IRIS_ABSOLUTE:		return "Iris, Absolute";
 	case V4L2_CID_IRIS_RELATIVE:		return "Iris, Relative";
+	case V4L2_CID_AUTO_EXPOSURE_BIAS:	return "Auto Exposure, Bias";
 
 	/* FM Radio Modulator control */
 	/* Keep the order of the 'case's the same as in videodev2.h! */
@@ -745,6 +746,9 @@ void v4l2_ctrl_fill(u32 id, const char **name, enum v4l2_ctrl_type *type,
 	case V4L2_CID_RDS_TX_RADIO_TEXT:
 		*type = V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_STRING;
 		break;
+	case V4L2_CID_AUTO_EXPOSURE_BIAS:
+		*type = V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER_MENU;
+		break;
 	case V4L2_CID_USER_CLASS:
 	case V4L2_CID_CAMERA_CLASS:
 	case V4L2_CID_MPEG_CLASS:
diff --git a/include/linux/videodev2.h b/include/linux/videodev2.h
index 95ce588..fd2f400 100644
--- a/include/linux/videodev2.h
+++ b/include/linux/videodev2.h
@@ -1727,6 +1727,8 @@ enum  v4l2_exposure_auto_type {
 #define V4L2_CID_IRIS_ABSOLUTE			(V4L2_CID_CAMERA_CLASS_BASE+17)
 #define V4L2_CID_IRIS_RELATIVE			(V4L2_CID_CAMERA_CLASS_BASE+18)
 
+#define V4L2_CID_AUTO_EXPOSURE_BIAS		(V4L2_CID_CAMERA_CLASS_BASE+19)
+
 /* FM Modulator class control IDs */
 #define V4L2_CID_FM_TX_CLASS_BASE		(V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_FM_TX | 0x900)
 #define V4L2_CID_FM_TX_CLASS			(V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_FM_TX | 1)
-- 
1.7.10

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