Re: [PATCH 1/2] [media] V4L: Add camera pan/tilt speed controls

[Pawel Osciak]

On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 12:10 AM, Vincent Palatin <vpalatin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 10:52 PM, Pawel Osciak <posciak@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This looks good to me in general (with one comment below). I don't think we
> > can easily implement current V4L2 pan and tilt controls that are for
> > movement by a specified amount in terms of UVC pan/tilt speed controls,
> > which only let us set speed and direction...
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Vincent Palatin <vpalatin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> The V4L2_CID_PAN_SPEED and V4L2_CID_TILT_SPEED controls allow to move the
> >> camera by setting its rotation speed around its axis.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Vincent Palatin <vpalatin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> ---
> >>  Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml   | 10 ++++++++++
> >>  Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/controls.xml | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> >>  drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c         |  2 ++
> >>  include/uapi/linux/v4l2-controls.h           |  2 ++
> >>  4 files changed, 35 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml
> >> b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml
> >> index eee6f0f..21910e9 100644
> >> --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml
> >> +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml
> >> @@ -2545,6 +2545,16 @@ fields changed from _s32 to _u32.
> >>        </orderedlist>
> >>      </section>
> >>
> >> +    <section>
> >> +      <title>V4L2 in Linux 3.17</title>
> >> +      <orderedlist>
> >> +       <listitem>
> >> +         <para>Added <constant>V4L2_CID_PAN_SPEED</constant> and
> >> + <constant>V4L2_CID_TILT_SPEED</constant> camera controls.</para>
> >> +       </listitem>
> >> +      </orderedlist>
> >> +    </section>
> >> +
> >>      <section id="other">
> >>        <title>Relation of V4L2 to other Linux multimedia APIs</title>
> >>
> >> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/controls.xml
> >> b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/controls.xml
> >> index 47198ee..cdf97f0 100644
> >> --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/controls.xml
> >> +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/controls.xml
> >> @@ -3914,6 +3914,27 @@ by exposure, white balance or focus
> >> controls.</entry>
> >>           </row>
> >>           <row><entry></entry></row>
> >>
> >> +         <row>
> >> +           <entry
> >> spanname="id"><constant>V4L2_CID_PAN_SPEED</constant>&nbsp;</entry>
> >> +           <entry>integer</entry>
> >> +         </row><row><entry spanname="descr">This control turns the
> >> +camera horizontally at the specific speed. The unit is undefined. A
> >> +positive value moves the camera to the right (clockwise when viewed
> >> +from above), a negative value to the left. A value of zero does not
> >> +cause or stop the motion.</entry>
> >
> >
> > How do we stop/start?
>
> As mentioned in the last sentence of the paragraph above, setting 0
> stops the movement.
> setting non-zero value starts it if needed.
>

The sentence says "A value of zero does *not* cause or stop the
motion.". Perhaps "not" is a typo then?
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