1 .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later
4 .. _VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS:
6 ******************************************************************
7 ioctl VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS, VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS, VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS
8 ******************************************************************
13 VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS - VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS - VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS - Get or set the value of several controls, try control values
18 .. c:macro:: VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS
20 ``int ioctl(int fd, VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS, struct v4l2_ext_controls *argp)``
22 .. c:macro:: VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS
24 ``int ioctl(int fd, VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS, struct v4l2_ext_controls *argp)``
26 .. c:macro:: VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS
28 ``int ioctl(int fd, VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS, struct v4l2_ext_controls *argp)``
34 File descriptor returned by :c:func:`open()`.
37 Pointer to struct :c:type:`v4l2_ext_controls`.
42 These ioctls allow the caller to get or set multiple controls
43 atomically. Control IDs are grouped into control classes (see
44 :ref:`ctrl-class`) and all controls in the control array must belong
45 to the same control class.
47 Applications must always fill in the ``count``, ``which``, ``controls``
48 and ``reserved`` fields of struct
49 :c:type:`v4l2_ext_controls`, and initialize the
50 struct :c:type:`v4l2_ext_control` array pointed to
51 by the ``controls`` fields.
53 To get the current value of a set of controls applications initialize
54 the ``id``, ``size`` and ``reserved2`` fields of each struct
55 :c:type:`v4l2_ext_control` and call the
56 :ref:`VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` ioctl. String controls must also set the
57 ``string`` field. Controls of compound types
58 (``V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_HAS_PAYLOAD`` is set) must set the ``ptr`` field.
60 If the ``size`` is too small to receive the control result (only
61 relevant for pointer-type controls like strings), then the driver will
62 set ``size`` to a valid value and return an ``ENOSPC`` error code. You
63 should re-allocate the memory to this new size and try again. For the
64 string type it is possible that the same issue occurs again if the
65 string has grown in the meantime. It is recommended to call
66 :ref:`VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL` first and use
67 ``maximum``\ +1 as the new ``size`` value. It is guaranteed that that is
70 N-dimensional arrays are set and retrieved row-by-row. You cannot set a
71 partial array, all elements have to be set or retrieved. The total size
72 is calculated as ``elems`` * ``elem_size``. These values can be obtained
73 by calling :ref:`VIDIOC_QUERY_EXT_CTRL <VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL>`.
75 To change the value of a set of controls applications initialize the
76 ``id``, ``size``, ``reserved2`` and ``value/value64/string/ptr`` fields
77 of each struct :c:type:`v4l2_ext_control` and call
78 the :ref:`VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` ioctl. The controls will only be set if *all*
79 control values are valid.
81 To check if a set of controls have correct values applications
82 initialize the ``id``, ``size``, ``reserved2`` and
83 ``value/value64/string/ptr`` fields of each struct
84 :c:type:`v4l2_ext_control` and call the
85 :ref:`VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` ioctl. It is up to the driver whether wrong
86 values are automatically adjusted to a valid value or if an error is
89 When the ``id`` or ``which`` is invalid drivers return an ``EINVAL`` error
90 code. When the value is out of bounds drivers can choose to take the
91 closest valid value or return an ``ERANGE`` error code, whatever seems more
92 appropriate. In the first case the new value is set in struct
93 :c:type:`v4l2_ext_control`. If the new control value
94 is inappropriate (e.g. the given menu index is not supported by the menu
95 control), then this will also result in an ``EINVAL`` error code error.
97 If ``request_fd`` is set to a not-yet-queued :ref:`request <media-request-api>`
98 file descriptor and ``which`` is set to ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_REQUEST_VAL``,
99 then the controls are not applied immediately when calling
100 :ref:`VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>`, but instead are applied by
101 the driver for the buffer associated with the same request.
102 If the device does not support requests, then ``EACCES`` will be returned.
103 If requests are supported but an invalid request file descriptor is given,
104 then ``EINVAL`` will be returned.
106 An attempt to call :ref:`VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` for a
107 request that has already been queued will result in an ``EBUSY`` error.
109 If ``request_fd`` is specified and ``which`` is set to
110 ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_REQUEST_VAL`` during a call to
111 :ref:`VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>`, then it will return the
112 values of the controls at the time of request completion.
113 If the request is not yet completed, then this will result in an
116 The driver will only set/get these controls if all control values are
117 correct. This prevents the situation where only some of the controls
118 were set/get. Only low-level errors (e. g. a failed i2c command) can
119 still cause this situation.
121 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{6.8cm}|p{4.0cm}|p{6.5cm}|
123 .. c:type:: v4l2_ext_control
129 .. cssclass:: longtable
131 .. flat-table:: struct v4l2_ext_control
138 - Identifies the control, set by the application.
141 - The total size in bytes of the payload of this control.
142 * - :cspan:`2` The ``size`` field is normally 0, but for pointer
143 controls this should be set to the size of the memory that contains
144 the payload or that will receive the payload.
145 If :ref:`VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` finds that this value
146 is less than is required to store the payload result, then it is set
147 to a value large enough to store the payload result and ``ENOSPC`` is
152 For string controls, this ``size`` field should
153 not be confused with the length of the string. This field refers
154 to the size of the memory that contains the string. The actual
155 *length* of the string may well be much smaller.
158 - Reserved for future extensions. Drivers and applications must set
164 - New value or current value. Valid if this control is not of type
165 ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER64`` and ``V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_HAS_PAYLOAD`` is
169 - New value or current value. Valid if this control is of type
170 ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER64`` and ``V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_HAS_PAYLOAD`` is
174 - A pointer to a string. Valid if this control is of type
175 ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_STRING``.
178 - A pointer to a matrix control of unsigned 8-bit values. Valid if
179 this control is of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_U8``.
182 - A pointer to a matrix control of unsigned 16-bit values. Valid if
183 this control is of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_U16``.
186 - A pointer to a matrix control of unsigned 32-bit values. Valid if
187 this control is of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_U32``.
190 - A pointer to a matrix control of signed 32-bit values. Valid if
191 this control is of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER`` and
192 ``V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_HAS_PAYLOAD`` is set.
195 - A pointer to a matrix control of signed 64-bit values. Valid if
196 this control is of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER64`` and
197 ``V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_HAS_PAYLOAD`` is set.
198 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_area` *
200 - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_area`. Valid if this control is
201 of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_AREA``.
202 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_h264_sps` *
204 - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_h264_sps`. Valid if this control is
205 of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_H264_SPS``.
206 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_h264_pps` *
208 - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_h264_pps`. Valid if this control is
209 of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_H264_PPS``.
210 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_h264_scaling_matrix` *
211 - ``p_h264_scaling_matrix``
212 - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_h264_scaling_matrix`. Valid if this control is
213 of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_H264_SCALING_MATRIX``.
214 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_h264_pred_weights` *
215 - ``p_h264_pred_weights``
216 - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_h264_pred_weights`. Valid if this control is
217 of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_H264_PRED_WEIGHTS``.
218 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_h264_slice_params` *
219 - ``p_h264_slice_params``
220 - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_h264_slice_params`. Valid if this control is
221 of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_H264_SLICE_PARAMS``.
222 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_h264_decode_params` *
223 - ``p_h264_decode_params``
224 - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_h264_decode_params`. Valid if this control is
225 of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_H264_DECODE_PARAMS``.
226 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_fwht_params` *
228 - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_fwht_params`. Valid if this control is
229 of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_FWHT_PARAMS``.
230 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_vp8_frame` *
232 - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_vp8_frame`. Valid if this control is
233 of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_VP8_FRAME``.
234 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_mpeg2_sequence` *
235 - ``p_mpeg2_sequence``
236 - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_mpeg2_sequence`. Valid if this control is
237 of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_MPEG2_SEQUENCE``.
238 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_mpeg2_picture` *
239 - ``p_mpeg2_picture``
240 - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_mpeg2_picture`. Valid if this control is
241 of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_MPEG2_PICTURE``.
242 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_mpeg2_quantisation` *
243 - ``p_mpeg2_quantisation``
244 - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_mpeg2_quantisation`. Valid if this control is
245 of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_MPEG2_QUANTISATION``.
246 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_vp9_compressed_hdr` *
247 - ``p_vp9_compressed_hdr_probs``
248 - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_vp9_compressed_hdr`. Valid if this
249 control is of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_VP9_COMPRESSED_HDR``.
250 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_vp9_frame` *
252 - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_vp9_frame`. Valid if this
253 control is of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_VP9_FRAME``.
254 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hdr10_cll_info` *
256 - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hdr10_cll_info`. Valid if this control is
257 of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_HDR10_CLL_INFO``.
258 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hdr10_mastering_display` *
259 - ``p_hdr10_mastering``
260 - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hdr10_mastering_display`. Valid if this control is
261 of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_HDR10_MASTERING_DISPLAY``.
262 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hevc_sps` *
264 - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hevc_sps`. Valid if this
265 control is of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_HEVC_SPS``.
266 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hevc_pps` *
268 - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hevc_pps`. Valid if this
269 control is of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_HEVC_PPS``.
270 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hevc_slice_params` *
271 - ``p_hevc_slice_params``
272 - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hevc_slice_params`. Valid if this
273 control is of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_HEVC_SLICE_PARAMS``.
274 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hevc_scaling_matrix` *
275 - ``p_hevc_scaling_matrix``
276 - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hevc_scaling_matrix`. Valid if this
277 control is of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_HEVC_SCALING_MATRIX``.
278 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hevc_decode_params` *
279 - ``p_hevc_decode_params``
280 - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hevc_decode_params`. Valid if this
281 control is of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_HEVC_DECODE_PARAMS``.
282 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_av1_sequence` *
284 - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_av1_sequence`. Valid if this control is
285 of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_AV1_SEQUENCE``.
286 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_av1_tile_group_entry` *
287 - ``p_av1_tile_group_entry``
288 - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_av1_tile_group_entry`. Valid if this control is
289 of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_AV1_TILE_GROUP_ENTRY``.
290 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_av1_frame` *
292 - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_av1_frame`. Valid if this control is
293 of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_AV1_FRAME``.
294 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_av1_film_grain` *
295 - ``p_av1_film_grain``
296 - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_av1_film_grain`. Valid if this control is
297 of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_AV1_FILM_GRAIN``.
298 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hdr10_cll_info` *
299 - ``p_hdr10_cll_info``
300 - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hdr10_cll_info`. Valid if this control is
301 of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_HDR10_CLL_INFO``.
302 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hdr10_mastering_display` *
303 - ``p_hdr10_mastering_display``
304 - A pointer to a struct :c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_hdr10_mastering_display`. Valid if this control is
305 of type ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_HDR10_MASTERING_DISPLAY``.
308 - A pointer to a compound type which can be an N-dimensional array
309 and/or a compound type (the control's type is >=
310 ``V4L2_CTRL_COMPOUND_TYPES``). Valid if
311 ``V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_HAS_PAYLOAD`` is set for this control.
319 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{4.0cm}|p{2.5cm}|p{10.8cm}|
321 .. c:type:: v4l2_ext_controls
323 .. cssclass:: longtable
325 .. flat-table:: struct v4l2_ext_controls
334 - Which value of the control to get/set/try.
335 * - :cspan:`2` ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL`` will return the current value of
336 the control, ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_DEF_VAL`` will return the default
337 value of the control and ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_REQUEST_VAL`` indicates that
338 these controls have to be retrieved from a request or tried/set for
339 a request. In the latter case the ``request_fd`` field contains the
340 file descriptor of the request that should be used. If the device
341 does not support requests, then ``EACCES`` will be returned.
343 When using ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_DEF_VAL`` be aware that you can only
344 get the default value of the control, you cannot set or try it.
346 For backwards compatibility you can also use a control class here
347 (see :ref:`ctrl-class`). In that case all controls have to
348 belong to that control class. This usage is deprecated, instead
349 just use ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL``. There are some very old
350 drivers that do not yet support ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL`` and
351 that require a control class here. You can test for such drivers
352 by setting ``which`` to ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL`` and calling
353 :ref:`VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` with a count of 0.
354 If that fails, then the driver does not support ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL``.
357 - Deprecated name kept for backwards compatibility. Use ``which`` instead.
362 - The number of controls in the controls array. May also be zero.
365 - Index of the failing control. Set by the driver in case of an error.
366 * - :cspan:`2` If the error is associated
367 with a particular control, then ``error_idx`` is set to the index
368 of that control. If the error is not related to a specific
369 control, or the validation step failed (see below), then
370 ``error_idx`` is set to ``count``. The value is undefined if the
371 ioctl returned 0 (success).
373 Before controls are read from/written to hardware a validation
374 step takes place: this checks if all controls in the list are
375 valid controls, if no attempt is made to write to a read-only
376 control or read from a write-only control, and any other up-front
377 checks that can be done without accessing the hardware. The exact
378 validations done during this step are driver dependent since some
379 checks might require hardware access for some devices, thus making
380 it impossible to do those checks up-front. However, drivers should
381 make a best-effort to do as many up-front checks as possible.
383 This check is done to avoid leaving the hardware in an
384 inconsistent state due to easy-to-avoid problems. But it leads to
385 another problem: the application needs to know whether an error
386 came from the validation step (meaning that the hardware was not
387 touched) or from an error during the actual reading from/writing
390 The, in hindsight quite poor, solution for that is to set
391 ``error_idx`` to ``count`` if the validation failed. This has the
392 unfortunate side-effect that it is not possible to see which
393 control failed the validation. If the validation was successful
394 and the error happened while accessing the hardware, then
395 ``error_idx`` is less than ``count`` and only the controls up to
396 ``error_idx-1`` were read or written correctly, and the state of
397 the remaining controls is undefined.
399 Since :ref:`VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` does not access hardware there is
400 also no need to handle the validation step in this special way, so
401 ``error_idx`` will just be set to the control that failed the
402 validation step instead of to ``count``. This means that if
403 :ref:`VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` fails with ``error_idx`` set to ``count``,
404 then you can call :ref:`VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` to try to discover the
405 actual control that failed the validation step. Unfortunately,
406 there is no ``TRY`` equivalent for :ref:`VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>`.
409 - File descriptor of the request to be used by this operation. Only
410 valid if ``which`` is set to ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_REQUEST_VAL``.
411 If the device does not support requests, then ``EACCES`` will be returned.
412 If requests are supported but an invalid request file descriptor is
413 given, then ``EINVAL`` will be returned.
416 - Reserved for future extensions.
418 Drivers and applications must set the array to zero.
419 * - struct :c:type:`v4l2_ext_control` *
421 - Pointer to an array of ``count`` v4l2_ext_control structures.
423 Ignored if ``count`` equals zero.
425 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{7.3cm}|p{2.0cm}|p{8.0cm}|
427 .. cssclass:: longtable
431 .. flat-table:: Control classes
436 * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_USER``
438 - The class containing user controls. These controls are described
439 in :ref:`control`. All controls that can be set using the
440 :ref:`VIDIOC_S_CTRL <VIDIOC_G_CTRL>` and
441 :ref:`VIDIOC_G_CTRL <VIDIOC_G_CTRL>` ioctl belong to this
443 * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_CODEC``
445 - The class containing stateful codec controls. These controls are
446 described in :ref:`codec-controls`.
447 * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_CAMERA``
449 - The class containing camera controls. These controls are described
450 in :ref:`camera-controls`.
451 * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_FM_TX``
453 - The class containing FM Transmitter (FM TX) controls. These
454 controls are described in :ref:`fm-tx-controls`.
455 * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_FLASH``
457 - The class containing flash device controls. These controls are
458 described in :ref:`flash-controls`.
459 * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_JPEG``
461 - The class containing JPEG compression controls. These controls are
462 described in :ref:`jpeg-controls`.
463 * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_IMAGE_SOURCE``
465 - The class containing image source controls. These controls are
466 described in :ref:`image-source-controls`.
467 * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_IMAGE_PROC``
469 - The class containing image processing controls. These controls are
470 described in :ref:`image-process-controls`.
471 * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_FM_RX``
473 - The class containing FM Receiver (FM RX) controls. These controls
474 are described in :ref:`fm-rx-controls`.
475 * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_RF_TUNER``
477 - The class containing RF tuner controls. These controls are
478 described in :ref:`rf-tuner-controls`.
479 * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_DETECT``
481 - The class containing motion or object detection controls. These controls
482 are described in :ref:`detect-controls`.
483 * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_CODEC_STATELESS``
485 - The class containing stateless codec controls. These controls are
486 described in :ref:`codec-stateless-controls`.
487 * - ``V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_COLORIMETRY``
489 - The class containing colorimetry controls. These controls are
490 described in :ref:`colorimetry-controls`.
495 On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set
496 appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the
497 :ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.
500 The struct :c:type:`v4l2_ext_control` ``id`` is
501 invalid, or the struct :c:type:`v4l2_ext_controls`
502 ``which`` is invalid, or the struct
503 :c:type:`v4l2_ext_control` ``value`` was
504 inappropriate (e.g. the given menu index is not supported by the
505 driver), or the ``which`` field was set to ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_REQUEST_VAL``
506 but the given ``request_fd`` was invalid or ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_REQUEST_VAL``
507 is not supported by the kernel.
508 This error code is also returned by the
509 :ref:`VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` and :ref:`VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS <VIDIOC_G_EXT_CTRLS>` ioctls if two or
510 more control values are in conflict.
513 The struct :c:type:`v4l2_ext_control` ``value``
517 The control is temporarily not changeable, possibly because another
518 applications took over control of the device function this control
519 belongs to, or (if the ``which`` field was set to
520 ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_REQUEST_VAL``) the request was queued but not yet
524 The space reserved for the control's payload is insufficient. The
525 field ``size`` is set to a value that is enough to store the payload
526 and this error code is returned.
529 Attempt to try or set a read-only control, or to get a write-only
530 control, or to get a control from a request that has not yet been
533 Or the ``which`` field was set to ``V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_REQUEST_VAL`` but the
534 device does not support requests.
536 Or if there is an attempt to set an inactive control and the driver is
537 not capable of caching the new value until the control is active again.