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authorJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>2020-12-16 13:41:05 +0300
committerJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>2020-12-16 13:41:05 +0300
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parent82514ecd61435c2d47c235e1343872b38db17be4 (diff)
downloadlinux-e77bc7dc9af0ec53996367b2053dfafee83b7edb.tar.xz
Merge branch 'for-5.11/elecom' into for-linus
- support for EX-G M-XGL20DLBK device, from YOSHIOKA Takuma
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diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/func-write.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/func-write.rst
index 37683611df04..49f5a0f4275f 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/func-write.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/func-write.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later
+.. c:namespace:: V4L
.. _func-write:
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@ Name
v4l2-write - Write to a V4L2 device
-
Synopsis
========
@@ -19,15 +19,13 @@ Synopsis
#include <unistd.h>
-
.. c:function:: ssize_t write( int fd, void *buf, size_t count )
- :name: v4l2-write
Arguments
=========
``fd``
- File descriptor returned by :ref:`open() <func-open>`.
+ File descriptor returned by :c:func:`open()`.
``buf``
Buffer with data to be written
@@ -38,10 +36,10 @@ Arguments
Description
===========
-:ref:`write() <func-write>` writes up to ``count`` bytes to the device
+:c:func:`write()` writes up to ``count`` bytes to the device
referenced by the file descriptor ``fd`` from the buffer starting at
``buf``. When the hardware outputs are not active yet, this function
-enables them. When ``count`` is zero, :ref:`write() <func-write>` returns 0
+enables them. When ``count`` is zero, :c:func:`write()` returns 0
without any other effect.
When the application does not provide more data in time, the previous
@@ -49,7 +47,6 @@ video frame, raw VBI image, sliced VPS or WSS data is displayed again.
Sliced Teletext or Closed Caption data is not repeated, the driver
inserts a blank line instead.
-
Return Value
============
@@ -80,5 +77,5 @@ EIO
I/O error. This indicates some hardware problem.
EINVAL
- The :ref:`write() <func-write>` function is not supported by this driver,
+ The :c:func:`write()` function is not supported by this driver,
not on this device, or generally not on this type of device.