[media] doc: v4l: add documentation for selection API

This patch adds a documentation for VIDIOC_{G/S}_SELECTION ioctl. Moreover, the
patch adds the description of modeling of composing, cropping and scaling
features in V4L2. Finally, some examples are presented.

Signed-off-by: Tomasz Stanislawski <t.stanislaws@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>

5 files changed, 643 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/common.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/common.xml
index 9d39198..c79278a 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/common.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/common.xml
@@ -1168,6 +1168,8 @@ dheight = format.fmt.pix.height;
     </section>
   </section>
 
+  &sub-selection-api;
+
   <section id="streaming-par">
     <title>Streaming Parameters</title>
 
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml
index 12ba262..c736380 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/compat.xml
@@ -2376,6 +2376,12 @@ that used it. It was originally scheduled for removal in 2.6.35.
         <listitem>
 	  <para>V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_VOLATILE was added to signal volatile controls to userspace.</para>
         </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+	  <para>Add selection API for extended control over cropping and
+composing. Does not affect the compatibility of current drivers and
+applications.  See <link linkend="selection-api"> selection API </link> for
+details.</para>
+        </listitem>
       </orderedlist>
     </section>
 
@@ -2500,6 +2506,9 @@ ioctls.</para>
         <listitem>
 	  <para>&VIDIOC-CREATE-BUFS; and &VIDIOC-PREPARE-BUF; ioctls.</para>
         </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+	  <para>Selection API. <xref linkend="selection-api" /></para>
+        </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
     </section>
 
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/selection-api.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/selection-api.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46cb47a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/selection-api.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,327 @@
+<section id="selection-api">
+
+  <title>Experimental API for cropping, composing and scaling</title>
+
+      <note>
+	<title>Experimental</title>
+
+	<para>This is an <link linkend="experimental">experimental</link>
+interface and may change in the future.</para>
+      </note>
+
+  <section>
+    <title>Introduction</title>
+
+<para>Some video capture devices can sample a subsection of a picture and
+shrink or enlarge it to an image of arbitrary size. Next, the devices can
+insert the image into larger one. Some video output devices can crop part of an
+input image, scale it up or down and insert it at an arbitrary scan line and
+horizontal offset into a video signal. We call these abilities cropping,
+scaling and composing.</para>
+
+<para>On a video <emphasis>capture</emphasis> device the source is a video
+signal, and the cropping target determine the area actually sampled. The sink
+is an image stored in a memory buffer.  The composing area specifies which part
+of the buffer is actually written to by the hardware. </para>
+
+<para>On a video <emphasis>output</emphasis> device the source is an image in a
+memory buffer, and the cropping target is a part of an image to be shown on a
+display. The sink is the display or the graphics screen. The application may
+select the part of display where the image should be displayed. The size and
+position of such a window is controlled by the compose target.</para>
+
+<para>Rectangles for all cropping and composing targets are defined even if the
+device does supports neither cropping nor composing. Their size and position
+will be fixed in such a case. If the device does not support scaling then the
+cropping and composing rectangles have the same size.</para>
+
+  </section>
+
+    <section>
+      <title>Selection targets</title>
+
+      <figure id="sel-targets-capture">
+	<title>Cropping and composing targets</title>
+	<mediaobject>
+	  <imageobject>
+	    <imagedata fileref="selection.png" format="PNG" />
+	  </imageobject>
+	  <textobject>
+	    <phrase>Targets used by a cropping, composing and scaling
+            process</phrase>
+	  </textobject>
+	</mediaobject>
+      </figure>
+    </section>
+
+  <section>
+
+  <title>Configuration</title>
+
+<para>Applications can use the <link linkend="vidioc-g-selection">selection
+API</link> to select an area in a video signal or a buffer, and to query for
+default settings and hardware limits.</para>
+
+<para>Video hardware can have various cropping, composing and scaling
+limitations. It may only scale up or down, support only discrete scaling
+factors, or have different scaling abilities in the horizontal and vertical
+directions. Also it may not support scaling at all. At the same time the
+cropping/composing rectangles may have to be aligned, and both the source and
+the sink may have arbitrary upper and lower size limits. Therefore, as usual,
+drivers are expected to adjust the requested parameters and return the actual
+values selected. An application can control the rounding behaviour using <link
+linkend="v4l2-sel-flags"> constraint flags </link>.</para>
+
+   <section>
+
+   <title>Configuration of video capture</title>
+
+<para>See figure <xref linkend="sel-targets-capture" /> for examples of the
+selection targets available for a video capture device.  It is recommended to
+configure the cropping targets before to the composing targets.</para>
+
+<para>The range of coordinates of the top left corner, width and height of
+areas that can be sampled is given by the <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_BOUNDS
+</constant> target. It is recommended for the driver developers to put the
+top/left corner at position <constant> (0,0) </constant>.  The rectangle's
+coordinates are expressed in driver dependant units, although the coordinate
+system guarantees that if sizes of the active cropping and the active composing
+rectangles are equal then no scaling is performed.  </para>
+
+<para>The top left corner, width and height of the source rectangle, that is
+the area actually sampled, is given by the <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE
+</constant> target. It uses the same coordinate system as <constant>
+V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_BOUNDS </constant>. The active cropping area must lie
+completely inside the capture boundaries. The driver may further adjust the
+requested size and/or position according to hardware limitations.</para>
+
+<para>Each capture device has a default source rectangle, given by the
+<constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_DEFAULT </constant> target. This rectangle shall
+over what the driver writer considers the complete picture.  Drivers shall set
+the active crop rectangle to the default when the driver is first loaded, but
+not later.</para>
+
+<para>The composing targets refer to a memory buffer. The limits of composing
+coordinates are obtained using <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_BOUNDS
+</constant>.  All coordinates are expressed in natural unit for given formats.
+Pixels are highly recommended.  The rectangle's top/left corner must be located
+at position <constant> (0,0) </constant>. The width and height are equal to the
+image size set by <constant> VIDIOC_S_FMT </constant>.</para>
+
+<para>The part of a buffer into which the image is inserted by the hardware is
+controlled by the <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant> target.
+The rectangle's coordinates are also expressed in the same coordinate system as
+the bounds rectangle. The composing rectangle must lie completely inside bounds
+rectangle. The driver must adjust the composing rectangle to fit to the
+bounding limits. Moreover, the driver can perform other adjustments according
+to hardware limitations. The application can control rounding behaviour using
+<link linkend="v4l2-sel-flags"> constraint flags </link>.</para>
+
+<para>For capture devices the default composing rectangle is queried using
+<constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_DEFAULT </constant>. It is usually equal to the
+bounding rectangle.</para>
+
+<para>The part of a buffer that is modified by the hardware is given by
+<constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_PADDED </constant>. It contains all pixels
+defined using <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant> plus all
+padding data modified by hardware during insertion process. All pixels outside
+this rectangle <emphasis>must not</emphasis> be changed by the hardware. The
+content of pixels that lie inside the padded area but outside active area is
+undefined. The application can use the padded and active rectangles to detect
+where the rubbish pixels are located and remove them if needed.</para>
+
+   </section>
+
+   <section>
+
+   <title>Configuration of video output</title>
+
+<para>For output devices targets and ioctls are used similarly to the video
+capture case. The <emphasis> composing </emphasis> rectangle refers to the
+insertion of an image into a video signal. The cropping rectangles refer to a
+memory buffer. It is recommended to configure the composing targets before to
+the cropping targets.</para>
+
+<para>The cropping targets refer to the memory buffer that contains an image to
+be inserted into a video signal or graphical screen. The limits of cropping
+coordinates are obtained using <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_BOUNDS </constant>.
+All coordinates are expressed in natural units for a given format. Pixels are
+highly recommended.  The top/left corner is always point <constant> (0,0)
+</constant>.  The width and height is equal to the image size specified using
+<constant> VIDIOC_S_FMT </constant> ioctl.</para>
+
+<para>The top left corner, width and height of the source rectangle, that is
+the area from which image date are processed by the hardware, is given by the
+<constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE </constant>. Its coordinates are expressed
+in in the same coordinate system as the bounds rectangle. The active cropping
+area must lie completely inside the crop boundaries and the driver may further
+adjust the requested size and/or position according to hardware
+limitations.</para>
+
+<para>For output devices the default cropping rectangle is queried using
+<constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_DEFAULT </constant>. It is usually equal to the
+bounding rectangle.</para>
+
+<para>The part of a video signal or graphics display where the image is
+inserted by the hardware is controlled by <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE
+</constant> target.  The rectangle's coordinates are expressed in driver
+dependant units. The only exception are digital outputs where the units are
+pixels. For other types of devices, the coordinate system guarantees that if
+sizes of the active cropping and the active composing rectangles are equal then
+no scaling is performed.  The composing rectangle must lie completely inside
+the bounds rectangle.  The driver must adjust the area to fit to the bounding
+limits.  Moreover, the driver can perform other adjustments according to
+hardware limitations. </para>
+
+<para>The device has a default composing rectangle, given by the <constant>
+V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_DEFAULT </constant> target. This rectangle shall cover what
+the driver writer considers the complete picture. It is recommended for the
+driver developers to put the top/left corner at position <constant> (0,0)
+</constant>. Drivers shall set the active composing rectangle to the default
+one when the driver is first loaded.</para>
+
+<para>The devices may introduce additional content to video signal other than
+an image from memory buffers.  It includes borders around an image. However,
+such a padded area is driver-dependent feature not covered by this document.
+Driver developers are encouraged to keep padded rectangle equal to active one.
+The padded target is accessed by the <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_PADDED
+</constant> identifier.  It must contain all pixels from the <constant>
+V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant> target.</para>
+
+   </section>
+
+   <section>
+
+     <title>Scaling control.</title>
+
+<para>An application can detect if scaling is performed by comparing the width
+and the height of rectangles obtained using <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE
+</constant> and <constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant> targets. If
+these are not equal then the scaling is applied. The application can compute
+the scaling ratios using these values.</para>
+
+   </section>
+
+  </section>
+
+  <section>
+
+    <title>Comparison with old cropping API.</title>
+
+<para>The selection API was introduced to cope with deficiencies of previous
+<link linkend="crop"> API </link>, that was designed to control simple capture
+devices. Later the cropping API was adopted by video output drivers. The ioctls
+are used to select a part of the display were the video signal is inserted. It
+should be considered as an API abuse because the described operation is
+actually the composing.  The selection API makes a clear distinction between
+composing and cropping operations by setting the appropriate targets.  The V4L2
+API lacks any support for composing to and cropping from an image inside a
+memory buffer.  The application could configure a capture device to fill only a
+part of an image by abusing V4L2 API.  Cropping a smaller image from a larger
+one is achieved by setting the field <structfield>
+&v4l2-pix-format;::bytesperline </structfield>.  Introducing an image offsets
+could be done by modifying field <structfield> &v4l2-buffer;::m:userptr
+</structfield> before calling <constant> VIDIOC_QBUF </constant>. Those
+operations should be avoided because they are not portable (endianness), and do
+not work for macroblock and Bayer formats and mmap buffers.  The selection API
+deals with configuration of buffer cropping/composing in a clear, intuitive and
+portable way.  Next, with the selection API the concepts of the padded target
+and constraints flags are introduced.  Finally, <structname> &v4l2-crop;
+</structname> and <structname> &v4l2-cropcap; </structname> have no reserved
+fields. Therefore there is no way to extend their functionality.  The new
+<structname> &v4l2-selection; </structname> provides a lot of place for future
+extensions.  Driver developers are encouraged to implement only selection API.
+The former cropping API would be simulated using the new one. </para>
+
+  </section>
+
+   <section>
+      <title>Examples</title>
+      <example>
+	<title>Resetting the cropping parameters</title>
+
+	<para>(A video capture device is assumed; change <constant>
+V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE </constant> for other devices; change target to
+<constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_* </constant> family to configure composing
+area)</para>
+
+	<programlisting>
+
+	&v4l2-selection; sel = {
+		.type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE,
+		.target = V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_DEFAULT,
+	};
+	ret = ioctl(fd, &VIDIOC-G-SELECTION;, &amp;sel);
+	if (ret)
+		exit(-1);
+	sel.target = V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE;
+	ret = ioctl(fd, &VIDIOC-S-SELECTION;, &amp;sel);
+	if (ret)
+		exit(-1);
+
+        </programlisting>
+      </example>
+
+      <example>
+	<title>Simple downscaling</title>
+	<para>Setting a composing area on output of size of <emphasis> at most
+</emphasis> half of limit placed at a center of a display.</para>
+	<programlisting>
+
+	&v4l2-selection; sel = {
+		.type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT,
+		.target = V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_BOUNDS,
+	};
+	struct v4l2_rect r;
+
+	ret = ioctl(fd, &VIDIOC-G-SELECTION;, &amp;sel);
+	if (ret)
+		exit(-1);
+	/* setting smaller compose rectangle */
+	r.width = sel.r.width / 2;
+	r.height = sel.r.height / 2;
+	r.left = sel.r.width / 4;
+	r.top = sel.r.height / 4;
+	sel.r = r;
+	sel.target = V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE;
+	sel.flags = V4L2_SEL_FLAG_LE;
+	ret = ioctl(fd, &VIDIOC-S-SELECTION;, &amp;sel);
+	if (ret)
+		exit(-1);
+
+        </programlisting>
+      </example>
+
+      <example>
+	<title>Querying for scaling factors</title>
+	<para>A video output device is assumed; change <constant>
+V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT </constant> for other devices</para>
+	<programlisting>
+
+	&v4l2-selection; compose = {
+		.type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT,
+		.target = V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE,
+	};
+	&v4l2-selection; crop = {
+		.type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT,
+		.target = V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE,
+	};
+	double hscale, vscale;
+
+	ret = ioctl(fd, &VIDIOC-G-SELECTION;, &amp;compose);
+	if (ret)
+		exit(-1);
+	ret = ioctl(fd, &VIDIOC-G-SELECTION;, &amp;crop);
+	if (ret)
+		exit(-1);
+
+	/* computing scaling factors */
+	hscale = (double)compose.r.width / crop.r.width;
+	vscale = (double)compose.r.height / crop.r.height;
+
+	</programlisting>
+      </example>
+
+   </section>
+
+</section>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
index 2ab365c..e97c512 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ and discussions on the V4L mailing list.</revremark>
     &sub-g-output;
     &sub-g-parm;
     &sub-g-priority;
+    &sub-g-selection;
     &sub-g-sliced-vbi-cap;
     &sub-g-std;
     &sub-g-tuner;
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-selection.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-selection.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9d36e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-selection.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,304 @@
+<refentry id="vidioc-g-selection">
+
+  <refmeta>
+    <refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_G_SELECTION, VIDIOC_S_SELECTION</refentrytitle>
+    &manvol;
+  </refmeta>
+
+  <refnamediv>
+    <refname>VIDIOC_G_SELECTION</refname>
+    <refname>VIDIOC_S_SELECTION</refname>
+    <refpurpose>Get or set one of the selection rectangles</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 v4l2_selection *<parameter>argp</parameter></paramdef>
+      </funcprototype>
+    </funcsynopsis>
+  </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Arguments</title>
+
+    <variablelist>
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><parameter>fd</parameter></term>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>&fd;</para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><parameter>request</parameter></term>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>VIDIOC_G_SELECTION, VIDIOC_S_SELECTION</para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><parameter>argp</parameter></term>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para></para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Description</title>
+
+    <note>
+      <title>Experimental</title>
+      <para>This is an <link linkend="experimental"> experimental </link>
+      interface and may change in the future.</para>
+    </note>
+
+    <para>The ioctls are used to query and configure selection rectangles.</para>
+
+<para> To query the cropping (composing) rectangle set <structfield>
+&v4l2-selection;::type </structfield> to the respective buffer type.  Do not
+use multiplanar buffers.  Use <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE
+</constant> instead of <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE_MPLANE
+</constant>.  Use <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT </constant> instead of
+<constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT_MPLANE </constant>.  The next step is
+setting <structfield> &v4l2-selection;::target </structfield> to value
+<constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE </constant> (<constant>
+V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant>).  Please refer to table <xref
+linkend="v4l2-sel-target" /> or <xref linkend="selection-api" /> for additional
+targets.  Fields <structfield> &v4l2-selection;::flags </structfield> and
+<structfield> &v4l2-selection;::reserved </structfield> are ignored and they
+must be filled with zeros.  The driver fills the rest of the structure or
+returns &EINVAL; if incorrect buffer type or target was used. If cropping
+(composing) is not supported then the active rectangle is not mutable and it is
+always equal to the bounds rectangle.  Finally, structure <structfield>
+&v4l2-selection;::r </structfield> is filled with the current cropping
+(composing) coordinates. The coordinates are expressed in driver-dependent
+units. The only exception are rectangles for images in raw formats, whose
+coordinates are always expressed in pixels.  </para>
+
+<para> To change the cropping (composing) rectangle set <structfield>
+&v4l2-selection;::type </structfield> to the respective buffer type.  Do not
+use multiplanar buffers.  Use <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE
+</constant> instead of <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE_MPLANE
+</constant>.  Use <constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT </constant> instead of
+<constant> V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT_MPLANE </constant>.  The next step is
+setting <structfield> &v4l2-selection;::target </structfield> to value
+<constant> V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE </constant> (<constant>
+V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE </constant>). Please refer to table <xref
+linkend="v4l2-sel-target" /> or <xref linkend="selection-api" /> for additional
+targets.  Set desired active area into the field <structfield>
+&v4l2-selection;::r </structfield>.  Field <structfield>
+&v4l2-selection;::reserved </structfield> is ignored and must be filled with
+zeros.  The driver may adjust the rectangle coordinates. An application may
+introduce constraints to control rounding behaviour. Set the field
+<structfield> &v4l2-selection;::flags </structfield> to one of values:
+
+<itemizedlist>
+  <listitem>
+<para><constant>0</constant> - The driver can adjust the rectangle size freely
+and shall choose a crop/compose rectangle as close as possible to the requested
+one.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+<para><constant>V4L2_SEL_FLAG_GE</constant> - The driver is not allowed to
+shrink the rectangle.  The original rectangle must lay inside the adjusted
+one.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+<para><constant>V4L2_SEL_FLAG_LE</constant> - The driver is not allowed to
+enlarge the rectangle.  The adjusted rectangle must lay inside the original
+one.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+<para><constant>V4L2_SEL_FLAG_GE | V4L2_SEL_FLAG_LE</constant> - The driver
+must choose the size exactly the same as in the requested rectangle.</para>
+  </listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
+Please refer to <xref linkend="sel-const-adjust" />.
+
+</para>
+
+<para> The driver may have to adjusts the requested dimensions against hardware
+limits and other parts as the pipeline, i.e. the bounds given by the
+capture/output window or TV display. The closest possible values of horizontal
+and vertical offset and sizes are chosen according to following priority:
+
+<orderedlist>
+  <listitem>
+    <para>Satisfy constraints from <structfield>&v4l2-selection;::flags</structfield>.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+    <para>Adjust width, height, left, and top to hardware limits and alignments.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+    <para>Keep center of adjusted rectangle as close as possible to the original one.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+    <para>Keep width and height as close as possible to original ones.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+    <para>Keep horizontal and vertical offset as close as possible to original ones.</para>
+  </listitem>
+</orderedlist>
+
+On success the field <structfield> &v4l2-selection;::r </structfield> contains
+the adjusted rectangle. When the parameters are unsuitable the application may
+modify the cropping (composing) or image parameters and repeat the cycle until
+satisfactory parameters have been negotiated. If constraints flags have to be
+violated at then ERANGE is returned. The error indicates that <emphasis> there
+exist no rectangle </emphasis> that satisfies the constraints.</para>
+
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <table frame="none" pgwide="1" id="v4l2-sel-target">
+      <title>Selection targets.</title>
+      <tgroup cols="3">
+	&cs-def;
+	<tbody valign="top">
+	  <row>
+            <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE</constant></entry>
+            <entry>0</entry>
+            <entry>area that is currently cropped by hardware</entry>
+	  </row>
+	  <row>
+            <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_DEFAULT</constant></entry>
+            <entry>1</entry>
+            <entry>suggested cropping rectangle that covers the "whole picture"</entry>
+	  </row>
+	  <row>
+            <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_BOUNDS</constant></entry>
+            <entry>2</entry>
+            <entry>limits for the cropping rectangle</entry>
+	  </row>
+	  <row>
+            <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE</constant></entry>
+            <entry>256</entry>
+            <entry>area to which data are composed by hardware</entry>
+	  </row>
+	  <row>
+            <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_DEFAULT</constant></entry>
+            <entry>257</entry>
+            <entry>suggested composing rectangle that covers the "whole picture"</entry>
+	  </row>
+	  <row>
+            <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_BOUNDS</constant></entry>
+            <entry>258</entry>
+            <entry>limits for the composing rectangle</entry>
+	  </row>
+	  <row>
+            <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_PADDED</constant></entry>
+            <entry>259</entry>
+            <entry>the active area and all padding pixels that are inserted or modified by the hardware</entry>
+	  </row>
+	</tbody>
+      </tgroup>
+    </table>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <table frame="none" pgwide="1" id="v4l2-sel-flags">
+      <title>Selection constraint flags</title>
+      <tgroup cols="3">
+	&cs-def;
+	<tbody valign="top">
+	  <row>
+            <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_FLAG_GE</constant></entry>
+            <entry>0x00000001</entry>
+            <entry>indicate that adjusted rectangle must contain a rectangle from <structfield>&v4l2-selection;::r</structfield></entry>
+	  </row>
+	  <row>
+            <entry><constant>V4L2_SEL_FLAG_LE</constant></entry>
+            <entry>0x00000002</entry>
+            <entry>indicate that adjusted rectangle must be inside a rectangle from <structfield>&v4l2-selection;::r</structfield></entry>
+	  </row>
+	</tbody>
+      </tgroup>
+    </table>
+  </refsect1>
+
+    <section>
+      <figure id="sel-const-adjust">
+	<title>Size adjustments with constraint flags.</title>
+	<mediaobject>
+	  <imageobject>
+	    <imagedata fileref="constraints.png" format="PNG" />
+	  </imageobject>
+	  <textobject>
+	    <phrase>Behaviour of rectangle adjustment for different constraint
+            flags.</phrase>
+	  </textobject>
+	</mediaobject>
+      </figure>
+    </section>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-selection">
+      <title>struct <structname>v4l2_selection</structname></title>
+      <tgroup cols="3">
+	&cs-str;
+	<tbody valign="top">
+	  <row>
+	    <entry>__u32</entry>
+	    <entry><structfield>type</structfield></entry>
+	    <entry>Type of the buffer (from &v4l2-buf-type;)</entry>
+	  </row>
+	  <row>
+	    <entry>__u32</entry>
+	    <entry><structfield>target</structfield></entry>
+            <entry>used to select between <link linkend="v4l2-sel-target"> cropping and composing rectangles </link></entry>
+	  </row>
+	  <row>
+	    <entry>__u32</entry>
+	    <entry><structfield>flags</structfield></entry>
+            <entry>control over coordinates adjustments, refer to <link linkend="v4l2-sel-flags">selection flags</link></entry>
+	  </row>
+	  <row>
+	    <entry>&v4l2-rect;</entry>
+	    <entry><structfield>r</structfield></entry>
+	    <entry>selection rectangle</entry>
+	  </row>
+	  <row>
+	    <entry>__u32</entry>
+	    <entry><structfield>reserved[9]</structfield></entry>
+	    <entry>Reserved fields for future use</entry>
+	  </row>
+	</tbody>
+      </tgroup>
+    </table>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    &return-value;
+    <variablelist>
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>The buffer <structfield> &v4l2-selection;::type </structfield>
+or <structfield> &v4l2-selection;::target </structfield> is not supported, or
+the <structfield> &v4l2-selection;::flags </structfield> are invalid.</para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><errorcode>ERANGE</errorcode></term>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>it is not possible to adjust a rectangle <structfield>
+&v4l2-selection;::r </structfield> that satisfies all contraints from
+<structfield> &v4l2-selection;::flags </structfield>.</para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><errorcode>EBUSY</errorcode></term>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>it is not possible to apply change of selection rectangle at the moment.
+Usually because streaming is in progress.</para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+  </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>