1.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later 2.. c:namespace:: MC 3 4.. _media-func-ioctl: 5 6************* 7media ioctl() 8************* 9 10Name 11==== 12 13media-ioctl - Control a media device 14 15Synopsis 16======== 17 18.. code-block:: c 19 20 #include <sys/ioctl.h> 21 22``int ioctl(int fd, int request, void *argp)`` 23 24Arguments 25========= 26 27``fd`` 28 File descriptor returned by :c:func:`open()`. 29 30``request`` 31 Media ioctl request code as defined in the media.h header file, for 32 example MEDIA_IOC_SETUP_LINK. 33 34``argp`` 35 Pointer to a request-specific structure. 36 37Description 38=========== 39 40The :ref:`ioctl() <media-func-ioctl>` function manipulates media device 41parameters. The argument ``fd`` must be an open file descriptor. 42 43The ioctl ``request`` code specifies the media function to be called. It 44has encoded in it whether the argument is an input, output or read/write 45parameter, and the size of the argument ``argp`` in bytes. 46 47Macros and structures definitions specifying media ioctl requests and 48their parameters are located in the media.h header file. All media ioctl 49requests, their respective function and parameters are specified in 50:ref:`media-user-func`. 51 52Return Value 53============ 54 55On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set 56appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the 57:ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter. 58 59Request-specific error codes are listed in the individual requests 60descriptions. 61 62When an ioctl that takes an output or read/write parameter fails, the 63parameter remains unmodified. 64