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[media] DocBook: bus_info can no longer be empty
authorHans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>
Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:14:16 +0000 (06:14 -0300)
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:32:08 +0000 (09:32 -0300)
During the 2012 Media Workshop it was decided that bus_info as returned
by VIDIOC_QUERYCAP can no longer be empty. It should be a unique identifier,
and empty strings are obviously not unique.

Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>
Reviewed-by: Sylwester Nawrocki <s.nawrocki@samsung.com>
Reviewed-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@iki.fi>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml

index f33dd746b66b8177b60f5a431aefc937973e5eea..4c70215ae03fee9040c0472c489753dd3d1fed9a 100644 (file)
@@ -90,11 +90,13 @@ ambiguities.</entry>
            <entry>__u8</entry>
            <entry><structfield>bus_info</structfield>[32]</entry>
            <entry>Location of the device in the system, a
-NUL-terminated ASCII string. For example: "PCI Slot 4". This
+NUL-terminated ASCII string. For example: "PCI:0000:05:06.0". This
 information is intended for users, to distinguish multiple
-identical devices. If no such information is available the field may
-simply count the devices controlled by the driver, or contain the
-empty string (<structfield>bus_info</structfield>[0] = 0).<!-- XXX pci_dev->slot_name example --></entry>
+identical devices. If no such information is available the field must
+simply count the devices controlled by the driver ("platform:vivi-000").
+The bus_info must start with "PCI:" for PCI boards, "PCIe:" for PCI Express boards,
+"usb-" for USB devices, "I2C:" for i2c devices, "ISA:" for ISA devices,
+"parport" for parallel port devices and "platform:" for platform devices.</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
            <entry>__u32</entry>