Video Output Overlay Interface

Example 4.1. Finding a framebuffer device for OSD

#include <linux/fb.h>

struct v4l2_framebuffer fbuf;
unsigned int i;
int fb_fd;

if (-1 == ioctl(fd, VIDIOC_G_FBUF, &fbuf)) {
	perror("VIDIOC_G_FBUF");
	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

for (i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
	char dev_name[16];
	struct fb_fix_screeninfo si;

	snprintf(dev_name, sizeof(dev_name), "/dev/fb%u", i);

	fb_fd = open(dev_name, O_RDWR);
	if (-1 == fb_fd) {
		switch (errno) {
		case ENOENT: /* no such file */
		case ENXIO:  /* no driver */
			continue;

		default:
			perror("open");
			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
		}
	}

	if (0 == ioctl(fb_fd, FBIOGET_FSCREENINFO, &si)) {
		if (si.smem_start == (unsigned long)fbuf.base)
			break;
	} else {
		/* Apparently not a framebuffer device. */
	}

	close(fb_fd);
	fb_fd = -1;
}

/* fb_fd is the file descriptor of the framebuffer device
   for the video output overlay, or -1 if no device was found. */