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1.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 OR GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later
2.. c:namespace:: RC
3
4.. _lirc_get_min_timeout:
5.. _lirc_get_max_timeout:
6
7****************************************************
8ioctls LIRC_GET_MIN_TIMEOUT and LIRC_GET_MAX_TIMEOUT
9****************************************************
10
11Name
12====
13
14LIRC_GET_MIN_TIMEOUT / LIRC_GET_MAX_TIMEOUT - Obtain the possible timeout
15range for IR receive.
16
17Synopsis
18========
19
20.. c:macro:: LIRC_GET_MIN_TIMEOUT
21
22``int ioctl(int fd, LIRC_GET_MIN_TIMEOUT, __u32 *timeout)``
23
24.. c:macro:: LIRC_GET_MAX_TIMEOUT
25
26``int ioctl(int fd, LIRC_GET_MAX_TIMEOUT, __u32 *timeout)``
27
28Arguments
29=========
30
31``fd``
32    File descriptor returned by open().
33
34``timeout``
35    Timeout, in microseconds.
36
37Description
38===========
39
40Some devices have internal timers that can be used to detect when
41there's no IR activity for a long time. This can help lircd in
42detecting that a IR signal is finished and can speed up the decoding
43process. Returns an integer value with the minimum/maximum timeout
44that can be set.
45
46.. note::
47
48   Some devices have a fixed timeout, in that case
49   both ioctls will return the same value even though the timeout
50   cannot be changed via :ref:`LIRC_SET_REC_TIMEOUT`.
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