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Message-ID: <49475516.3090504@freemail.hu>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:13:26 +0100
From: Németh Márton <nm127@...email.hu>
To: mschimek@....at, video4linux-list@...hat.com
CC: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, em28xx@...ntral.de
Subject: parameter of VIDIOC_G_INPUT and VIDIOC_S_INPUT?
Hi,
I have a question about the parameter of VIDIOC_G_INPUT and VIDIOC_S_INPUT
parameters in v4l2 specification.
The "Video for Linux Two API Specification" text says that the
parameter of VIDIOC_G_INPUT and VIDIOC_S_INPUT is ...
> [...] a pointer to an integer where the driver stores the number
> of the input, as in the struct v4l2_input index field.
>
> http://v4l2spec.bytesex.org/spec/r11217.htm
In the v4l2_input structure the index has the type of __u32.
In contrast, in <linux/videodev2.h> (as of 2.6.27) the ioctls are defined
as follows:
> #define VIDIOC_G_INPUT _IOR('V', 38, int)
> #define VIDIOC_S_INPUT _IOWR('V', 39, int)
The problem is that '__u32' is unsigned and 'int' is signed. Furthermore
one cannot be sure that sizeof(__u32) == sizeof(int) on all platforms.
I guess that the parameter of VIDIOC_G_INPUT and VIDIOC_S_INPUT should be
a pointer to __u32. What do you think?
Regards,
Márton Németh
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