From: Sakari Ailus Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:03:00 +0000 (-0300) Subject: [media] v4l: Improve sub-device documentation for pad ops X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=48398f932b4ddcc8fa9a890595645cc14f6889a8;p=linux-beck.git [media] v4l: Improve sub-device documentation for pad ops Document that format related configuration is done through pad ops in case the driver does use the media framework. Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus Acked-by: Laurent Pinchart Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --- diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt index 369d4bc87828..493ffd1b1cf5 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt @@ -266,11 +266,16 @@ struct v4l2_subdev_video_ops { ... }; +struct v4l2_subdev_pad_ops { + ... +}; + struct v4l2_subdev_ops { const struct v4l2_subdev_core_ops *core; const struct v4l2_subdev_tuner_ops *tuner; const struct v4l2_subdev_audio_ops *audio; const struct v4l2_subdev_video_ops *video; + const struct v4l2_subdev_pad_ops *video; }; The core ops are common to all subdevs, the other categories are implemented @@ -307,6 +312,10 @@ Don't forget to cleanup the media entity before the sub-device is destroyed: media_entity_cleanup(&sd->entity); +If the subdev driver intends to process video and integrate with the media +framework, it must implement format related functionality using +v4l2_subdev_pad_ops instead of v4l2_subdev_video_ops. + A device (bridge) driver needs to register the v4l2_subdev with the v4l2_device: