cec: refactor USB adapter communication. less locks, shorter locks, added documentati...

[deb_libcec.git] / include / cec.h

diff --git a/include/cec.h b/include/cec.h
index 4a6ad989e7ef84042c2d47928cffda86e1b77124..20e103b87806b966e403b22e7d06381c2f2b4592 100644 (file)
--- a/include/cec.h
+++ b/include/cec.h
@@ -424,6 +424,15 @@ namespace CEC
      * @return true when libCEC is the active source on the bus, false otherwise.
      */
     virtual bool IsLibCECActiveSource(void) = 0;
+
+    /*!
+     * @brief Get information about the given device
+     * @param strPort The port to which the device is connected
+     * @param config The device configuration
+     * @param iTimeoutMs The timeout in milliseconds
+     * @return True when the device was found, false otherwise
+     */
+    virtual bool GetDeviceInformation(const char *strPort, libcec_configuration *config, uint32_t iTimeoutMs = 10000) = 0;
   };
 };
 
@@ -443,6 +452,12 @@ extern "C" DECLSPEC void * CECInit(const char *strDeviceName, CEC::cec_device_ty
  */
 extern "C" DECLSPEC void * CECInitialise(CEC::libcec_configuration *configuration);
 
+/*!
+ * @brief Try to connect to the adapter and send the "start bootloader" command, without initialising libCEC and going through all checks
+ * @return True when the command was send, false otherwise.
+ */
+extern "C" DECLSPEC bool CECStartBootloader(void);
+
 /*!
  * @brief Unload the CEC adapter library.
  */