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-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/dvbproperty.xml12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.xml18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fbuf.xml23
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-frequency.xml7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-input.xml4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-output.xml5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-controls.txt21
8 files changed, 42 insertions, 59 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/dvbproperty.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/dvbproperty.xml
index ffee1fbbc001..c7a4ca517859 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/dvbproperty.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/dvbproperty.xml
@@ -163,14 +163,16 @@ get/set up to 64 properties. The actual meaning of each property is described on
<section id="DTV-FREQUENCY">
<title><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></title>
- <para>Central frequency of the channel, in HZ.</para>
+ <para>Central frequency of the channel.</para>
<para>Notes:</para>
- <para>1)For ISDB-T, the channels are usually transmitted with an offset of 143kHz.
+ <para>1)For satellital delivery systems, it is measured in kHz.
+ For the other ones, it is measured in Hz.</para>
+ <para>2)For ISDB-T, the channels are usually transmitted with an offset of 143kHz.
E.g. a valid frequncy could be 474143 kHz. The stepping is bound to the bandwidth of
the channel which is 6MHz.</para>
- <para>2)As in ISDB-Tsb the channel consists of only one or three segments the
+ <para>3)As in ISDB-Tsb the channel consists of only one or three segments the
frequency step is 429kHz, 3*429 respectively. As for ISDB-T the
central frequency of the channel is expected.</para>
</section>
@@ -735,14 +737,10 @@ typedef enum fe_hierarchy {
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TUNE"><constant>DTV_TUNE</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CLEAR"><constant>DTV_CLEAR</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-FREQUENCY"><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></link></para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-MODULATION"><constant>DTV_MODULATION</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-BANDWIDTH-HZ"><constant>DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-INVERSION"><constant>DTV_INVERSION</constant></link></para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CODE-RATE-HP"><constant>DTV_CODE_RATE_HP</constant></link></para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-CODE-RATE-LP"><constant>DTV_CODE_RATE_LP</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-GUARD-INTERVAL"><constant>DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-TRANSMISSION-MODE"><constant>DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE</constant></link></para></listitem>
- <listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-HIERARCHY"><constant>DTV_HIERARCHY</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-LAYER-ENABLED"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_LAYER_ENABLED</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-PARTIAL-RECEPTION"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION</constant></link></para></listitem>
<listitem><para><link linkend="DTV-ISDBT-SOUND-BROADCASTING"><constant>DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING</constant></link></para></listitem>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.xml
index 6f1f9a629dc3..b17a7aac6997 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.xml
@@ -183,7 +183,12 @@ applications must set the array to zero.</entry>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>ctrl_class</structfield></entry>
<entry>The control class to which all controls belong, see
-<xref linkend="ctrl-class" />.</entry>
+<xref linkend="ctrl-class" />. Drivers that use a kernel framework for handling
+controls will also accept a value of 0 here, meaning that the controls can
+belong to any control class. Whether drivers support this can be tested by setting
+<structfield>ctrl_class</structfield> to 0 and calling <constant>VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS</constant>
+with a <structfield>count</structfield> of 0. If that succeeds, then the driver
+supports this feature.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
@@ -194,10 +199,13 @@ also be zero.</entry>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>error_idx</structfield></entry>
- <entry>Set by the driver in case of an error. It is the
-index of the control causing the error or equal to 'count' when the
-error is not associated with a particular control. Undefined when the
-ioctl returns 0 (success).</entry>
+ <entry>Set by the driver in case of an error. If it is equal
+to <structfield>count</structfield>, then no actual changes were made to
+controls. In other words, the error was not associated with setting a particular
+control. If it is another value, then only the controls up to <structfield>error_idx-1</structfield>
+were modified and control <structfield>error_idx</structfield> is the one that
+caused the error. The <structfield>error_idx</structfield> value is undefined
+if the ioctl returned 0 (success).</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fbuf.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fbuf.xml
index 93817f337033..7c63815e7afd 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fbuf.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fbuf.xml
@@ -364,15 +364,20 @@ capability and it is cleared otherwise.</entry>
<row>
<entry><constant>V4L2_FBUF_FLAG_OVERLAY</constant></entry>
<entry>0x0002</entry>
- <entry>The frame buffer is an overlay surface the same
-size as the capture. [?]</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry spanname="hspan">The purpose of
-<constant>V4L2_FBUF_FLAG_OVERLAY</constant> was never quite clear.
-Most drivers seem to ignore this flag. For compatibility with the
-<wordasword>bttv</wordasword> driver applications should set the
-<constant>V4L2_FBUF_FLAG_OVERLAY</constant> flag.</entry>
+ <entry>If this flag is set for a video capture device, then the
+driver will set the initial overlay size to cover the full framebuffer size,
+otherwise the existing overlay size (as set by &VIDIOC-S-FMT;) will be used.
+
+Only one video capture driver (bttv) supports this flag. The use of this flag
+for capture devices is deprecated. There is no way to detect which drivers
+support this flag, so the only reliable method of setting the overlay size is
+through &VIDIOC-S-FMT;.
+
+If this flag is set for a video output device, then the video output overlay
+window is relative to the top-left corner of the framebuffer and restricted
+to the size of the framebuffer. If it is cleared, then the video output
+overlay window is relative to the video output display.
+ </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>V4L2_FBUF_FLAG_CHROMAKEY</constant></entry>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-frequency.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-frequency.xml
index 16431813bebd..66e9a5257861 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-frequency.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-frequency.xml
@@ -98,8 +98,11 @@ the &v4l2-output; <structfield>modulator</structfield> field and the
<entry>&v4l2-tuner-type;</entry>
<entry><structfield>type</structfield></entry>
<entry>The tuner type. This is the same value as in the
-&v4l2-tuner; <structfield>type</structfield> field. The field is not
-applicable to modulators, &ie; ignored by drivers.</entry>
+&v4l2-tuner; <structfield>type</structfield> field. The type must be set
+to <constant>V4L2_TUNER_RADIO</constant> for <filename>/dev/radioX</filename>
+device nodes, and to <constant>V4L2_TUNER_ANALOG_TV</constant>
+for all others. The field is not applicable to modulators, &ie; ignored
+by drivers.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-input.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-input.xml
index 08ae82f131f2..1d43065090dd 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-input.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-input.xml
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ desired input in an integer and call the
<constant>VIDIOC_S_INPUT</constant> ioctl with a pointer to this
integer. Side effects are possible. For example inputs may support
different video standards, so the driver may implicitly switch the
-current standard. It is good practice to select an input before
-querying or negotiating any other parameters.</para>
+current standard. Because of these possible side effects applications
+must select an input before querying or negotiating any other parameters.</para>
<para>Information about video inputs is available using the
&VIDIOC-ENUMINPUT; ioctl.</para>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-output.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-output.xml
index fd45f1c13ccf..4533068ecb8a 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-output.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-output.xml
@@ -61,8 +61,9 @@ desired output in an integer and call the
<constant>VIDIOC_S_OUTPUT</constant> ioctl with a pointer to this integer.
Side effects are possible. For example outputs may support different
video standards, so the driver may implicitly switch the current
-standard. It is good practice to select an output before querying or
-negotiating any other parameters.</para>
+standard.
+standard. Because of these possible side effects applications
+must select an output before querying or negotiating any other parameters.</para>
<para>Information about video outputs is available using the
&VIDIOC-ENUMOUTPUT; ioctl.</para>
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index d725c0dfe032..1bea46a54b1c 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -439,17 +439,6 @@ Who: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
----------------------------
-What: For VIDIOC_S_FREQUENCY the type field must match the device node's type.
- If not, return -EINVAL.
-When: 3.2
-Why: It makes no sense to switch the tuner to radio mode by calling
- VIDIOC_S_FREQUENCY on a video node, or to switch the tuner to tv mode by
- calling VIDIOC_S_FREQUENCY on a radio node. This is the first step of a
- move to more consistent handling of tv and radio tuners.
-Who: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>
-
-----------------------------
-
What: Opening a radio device node will no longer automatically switch the
tuner mode from tv to radio.
When: 3.3
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-controls.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-controls.txt
index 26aa0573933e..e2492a9d1027 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-controls.txt
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-controls.txt
@@ -666,27 +666,6 @@ a control of this type whenever the first control belonging to a new control
class is added.
-Differences from the Spec
-=========================
-
-There are a few places where the framework acts slightly differently from the
-V4L2 Specification. Those differences are described in this section. We will
-have to see whether we need to adjust the spec or not.
-
-1) It is no longer required to have all controls contained in a
-v4l2_ext_control array be from the same control class. The framework will be
-able to handle any type of control in the array. You need to set ctrl_class
-to 0 in order to enable this. If ctrl_class is non-zero, then it will still
-check that all controls belong to that control class.
-
-If you set ctrl_class to 0 and count to 0, then it will only return an error
-if there are no controls at all.
-
-2) Clarified the way error_idx works. For get and set it will be equal to
-count if nothing was done yet. If it is less than count then only the controls
-up to error_idx-1 were successfully applied.
-
-
Proposals for Extensions
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