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<refentry id="media-ioc-enum-entities">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>ioctl MEDIA_IOC_ENUM_ENTITIES</refentrytitle>
&manvol;
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>MEDIA_IOC_ENUM_ENTITIES</refname>
<refpurpose>Enumerate entities and their properties</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<funcsynopsis>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>int <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>struct media_entity_desc *<parameter>argp</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Arguments</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>fd</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>File descriptor returned by
<link linkend='media-func-open'><function>open()</function></link>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>request</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>MEDIA_IOC_ENUM_ENTITIES</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>argp</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>To query the attributes of an entity, applications set the id field
of a &media-entity-desc; structure and call the MEDIA_IOC_ENUM_ENTITIES
ioctl with a pointer to this structure. The driver fills the rest of the
structure or returns an &EINVAL; when the id is invalid.</para>
<para>Entities can be enumerated by or'ing the id with the
<constant>MEDIA_ENTITY_ID_FLAG_NEXT</constant> flag. The driver will return
information about the entity with the smallest id strictly larger than the
requested one ('next entity'), or the &EINVAL; if there is none.</para>
<para>Entity IDs can be non-contiguous. Applications must
<emphasis>not</emphasis> try to enumerate entities by calling
MEDIA_IOC_ENUM_ENTITIES with increasing id's until they get an error.</para>
<para>Two or more entities that share a common non-zero
<structfield>group_id</structfield> value are considered as logically
grouped. Groups are used to report
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>ALSA, VBI and video nodes that carry the same media
stream</listitem>
<listitem>lens and flash controllers associated with a sensor</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="media-entity-desc">
<title>struct <structname>media_entity_desc</structname></title>
<tgroup cols="5">
<colspec colname="c1" />
<colspec colname="c2" />
<colspec colname="c3" />
<colspec colname="c4" />
<colspec colname="c5" />
<tbody valign="top">
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>id</structfield></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry>Entity id, set by the application. When the id is or'ed with
<constant>MEDIA_ENTITY_ID_FLAG_NEXT</constant>, the driver clears
the flag and returns the first entity with a larger id.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>char</entry>
<entry><structfield>name</structfield>[32]</entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry>Entity name as an UTF-8 NULL-terminated string.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>type</structfield></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry>Entity type, see <xref linkend="media-entity-type" /> for details.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>revision</structfield></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry>Entity revision in a driver/hardware specific format.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>flags</structfield></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry>Entity flags, see <xref linkend="media-entity-flag" /> for details.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>group_id</structfield></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry>Entity group ID</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u16</entry>
<entry><structfield>pads</structfield></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry>Number of pads</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u16</entry>
<entry><structfield>links</structfield></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry>Total number of outbound links. Inbound links are not counted
in this field.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>union</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry>
<entry>struct</entry>
<entry><structfield>v4l</structfield></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry>Valid for V4L sub-devices and nodes only.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>major</structfield></entry>
<entry>V4L device node major number. For V4L sub-devices with no
device node, set by the driver to 0.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>minor</structfield></entry>
<entry>V4L device node minor number. For V4L sub-devices with no
device node, set by the driver to 0.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry>
<entry>struct</entry>
<entry><structfield>fb</structfield></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry>Valid for frame buffer nodes only.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>major</structfield></entry>
<entry>Frame buffer device node major number.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>minor</structfield></entry>
<entry>Frame buffer device node minor number.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry>
<entry>struct</entry>
<entry><structfield>alsa</structfield></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry>Valid for ALSA devices only.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>card</structfield></entry>
<entry>ALSA card number</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>device</structfield></entry>
<entry>ALSA device number</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>subdevice</structfield></entry>
<entry>ALSA sub-device number</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry>
<entry>int</entry>
<entry><structfield>dvb</structfield></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry>DVB card number</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry>
<entry>__u8</entry>
<entry><structfield>raw</structfield>[180]</entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
<table frame="none" pgwide="1" id="media-entity-type">
<title>Media entity types</title>
<tgroup cols="2">
<colspec colname="c1"/>
<colspec colname="c2"/>
<tbody valign="top">
<row>
<entry><constant>MEDIA_ENTITY_TYPE_DEVNODE</constant></entry>
<entry>Unknown device node</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>MEDIA_ENTITY_TYPE_DEVNODE_V4L</constant></entry>
<entry>V4L video, radio or vbi device node</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>MEDIA_ENTITY_TYPE_DEVNODE_FB</constant></entry>
<entry>Frame buffer device node</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>MEDIA_ENTITY_TYPE_DEVNODE_ALSA</constant></entry>
<entry>ALSA card</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>MEDIA_ENTITY_TYPE_DEVNODE_DVB</constant></entry>
<entry>DVB card</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>MEDIA_ENTITY_TYPE_V4L2_SUBDEV</constant></entry>
<entry>Unknown V4L sub-device</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>MEDIA_ENTITY_TYPE_V4L2_SUBDEV_SENSOR</constant></entry>
<entry>Video sensor</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>MEDIA_ENTITY_TYPE_V4L2_SUBDEV_FLASH</constant></entry>
<entry>Flash controller</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>MEDIA_ENTITY_TYPE_V4L2_SUBDEV_LENS</constant></entry>
<entry>Lens controller</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
<table frame="none" pgwide="1" id="media-entity-flag">
<title>Media entity flags</title>
<tgroup cols="2">
<colspec colname="c1"/>
<colspec colname="c2"/>
<tbody valign="top">
<row>
<entry><constant>MEDIA_ENTITY_FLAG_DEFAULT</constant></entry>
<entry>Default entity for its type. Used to discover the default
audio, VBI and video devices, the default camera sensor, ...</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
&return-value;
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term>
<listitem>
<para>The &media-entity-desc; <structfield>id</structfield> references
a non-existing entity.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
</refentry>