From: Hans Verkuil Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:14:16 +0000 (-0300) Subject: [media] DocBook: bus_info can no longer be empty X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=cd56c8dd50fab57520f0cf80cee5de552c1680ed;p=linux-beck.git [media] DocBook: bus_info can no longer be empty 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 Reviewed-by: Sylwester Nawrocki Reviewed-by: Sakari Ailus Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --- diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml index f33dd746b66b..4c70215ae03f 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml @@ -90,11 +90,13 @@ ambiguities. __u8 bus_info[32] 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 (bus_info[0] = 0). +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. __u32