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authorMarcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>2012-10-30 01:15:32 +0400
committerMarcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>2012-10-30 01:15:32 +0400
commit19bf7f8ac3f8131100027281c495dbbe00cd5ae0 (patch)
tree270b97e3ca47c0f62a1babca2ae37f79a76a309c /Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml
parent787c57c0fb393fe8a3974d300ddcfe30373386fe (diff)
parent35fd3dc58da675d659513384221349ef90749a01 (diff)
downloadlinux-19bf7f8ac3f8131100027281c495dbbe00cd5ae0.tar.xz
Merge remote-tracking branch 'master' into queue
Merge reason: development work has dependency on kvm patches merged upstream. Conflicts: arch/powerpc/include/asm/Kbuild arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_para.h Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml
index 1885cc0755cb..b5d1cbdc558b 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml
@@ -613,8 +613,8 @@ field is independent of the <structfield>timestamp</structfield> and
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>sequence</structfield></entry>
<entry></entry>
- <entry>Set by the driver, counting the frames in the
-sequence.</entry>
+ <entry>Set by the driver, counting the frames (not fields!) in
+sequence. This field is set for both input and output devices.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry spanname="hspan"><para>In <link
@@ -677,26 +677,24 @@ memory, set by the application. See <xref linkend="userp" /> for details.
<entry><structfield>length</structfield></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry>Size of the buffer (not the payload) in bytes for the
- single-planar API. For the multi-planar API should contain the
- number of elements in the <structfield>planes</structfield> array.
+ single-planar API. For the multi-planar API the application sets
+ this to the number of elements in the <structfield>planes</structfield>
+ array. The driver will fill in the actual number of valid elements in
+ that array.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>reserved2</structfield></entry>
<entry></entry>
- <entry>A place holder for future extensions and custom
-(driver defined) buffer types
-<constant>V4L2_BUF_TYPE_PRIVATE</constant> and higher. Applications
+ <entry>A place holder for future extensions. Applications
should set this to 0.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>reserved</structfield></entry>
<entry></entry>
- <entry>A place holder for future extensions and custom
-(driver defined) buffer types
-<constant>V4L2_BUF_TYPE_PRIVATE</constant> and higher. Applications
+ <entry>A place holder for future extensions. Applications
should set this to 0.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
@@ -827,14 +825,7 @@ should set this to 0.</entry>
<entry><constant>V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_OUTPUT_OVERLAY</constant></entry>
<entry>8</entry>
<entry>Buffer for video output overlay (OSD), see <xref
- linkend="osd" />. Status: <link
-linkend="experimental">Experimental</link>.</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry><constant>V4L2_BUF_TYPE_PRIVATE</constant></entry>
- <entry>0x80</entry>
- <entry>This and higher values are reserved for custom
-(driver defined) buffer types.</entry>
+ linkend="osd" />.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>