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+<refentry id="vidioc-create-bufs">
+  <refmeta>
+    <refentrytitle>ioctl VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS</refentrytitle>
+    &manvol;
+  </refmeta>
+
+  <refnamediv>
+    <refname>VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS</refname>
+    <refpurpose>Create buffers for Memory Mapped or User Pointer I/O</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_create_buffers *<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_CREATE_BUFS</para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><parameter>argp</parameter></term>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para></para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Description</title>
+
+    <para>This ioctl is used to create buffers for <link linkend="mmap">memory
+mapped</link> or <link linkend="userp">user pointer</link>
+I/O. It can be used as an alternative or in addition to the
+<constant>VIDIOC_REQBUFS</constant> ioctl, when a tighter control over buffers
+is required. This ioctl can be called multiple times to create buffers of
+different sizes.</para>
+
+    <para>To allocate device buffers applications initialize relevant fields of
+the <structname>v4l2_create_buffers</structname> structure. They set the
+<structfield>type</structfield> field in the
+<structname>v4l2_format</structname> structure, embedded in this
+structure, to the respective stream or buffer type.
+<structfield>count</structfield> must be set to the number of required buffers.
+<structfield>memory</structfield> specifies the required I/O method. The
+<structfield>format</structfield> field shall typically be filled in using
+either the <constant>VIDIOC_TRY_FMT</constant> or
+<constant>VIDIOC_G_FMT</constant> ioctl(). Additionally, applications can adjust
+<structfield>sizeimage</structfield> fields to fit their specific needs. The
+<structfield>reserved</structfield> array must be zeroed.</para>
+
+    <para>When the ioctl is called with a pointer to this structure the driver
+will attempt to allocate up to the requested number of buffers and store the
+actual number allocated and the starting index in the
+<structfield>count</structfield> and the <structfield>index</structfield> fields
+respectively. On return <structfield>count</structfield> can be smaller than
+the number requested. The driver may also increase buffer sizes if required,
+however, it will not update <structfield>sizeimage</structfield> field values.
+The user has to use <constant>VIDIOC_QUERYBUF</constant> to retrieve that
+information.</para>
+
+    <table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-create-buffers">
+      <title>struct <structname>v4l2_create_buffers</structname></title>
+      <tgroup cols="3">
+	&cs-str;
+	<tbody valign="top">
+	  <row>
+	    <entry>__u32</entry>
+	    <entry><structfield>index</structfield></entry>
+	    <entry>The starting buffer index, returned by the driver.</entry>
+	  </row>
+	  <row>
+	    <entry>__u32</entry>
+	    <entry><structfield>count</structfield></entry>
+	    <entry>The number of buffers requested or granted.</entry>
+	  </row>
+	  <row>
+	    <entry>&v4l2-memory;</entry>
+	    <entry><structfield>memory</structfield></entry>
+	    <entry>Applications set this field to
+<constant>V4L2_MEMORY_MMAP</constant> or
+<constant>V4L2_MEMORY_USERPTR</constant>.</entry>
+	  </row>
+	  <row>
+	    <entry>&v4l2-format;</entry>
+	    <entry><structfield>format</structfield></entry>
+	    <entry>Filled in by the application, preserved by the driver.</entry>
+	  </row>
+	  <row>
+	    <entry>__u32</entry>
+	    <entry><structfield>reserved</structfield>[8]</entry>
+	    <entry>A place holder for future extensions.</entry>
+	  </row>
+	</tbody>
+      </tgroup>
+    </table>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    &return-value;
+
+    <variablelist>
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><errorcode>ENOMEM</errorcode></term>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>No memory to allocate buffers for <link linkend="mmap">memory
+mapped</link> I/O.</para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>The buffer type (<structfield>type</structfield> field) or the
+requested I/O method (<structfield>memory</structfield>) is not
+supported.</para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+  </refsect1>
+</refentry>