Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] media: Documentation/driver-api: Document device name

From: Yunke Cao
Date: Mon Dec 05 2022 - 00:06:54 EST


On Sat, Dec 3, 2022 at 2:08 AM Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Document how the name of the metadata devices is modified.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-dev.rst | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-dev.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-dev.rst
> index 99e3b5fa7444..935a46e29c5e 100644
> --- a/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-dev.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-dev.rst
> @@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ You should also set these fields of :c:type:`video_device`:
> - :c:type:`video_device`->v4l2_dev: must be set to the :c:type:`v4l2_device`
> parent device.
>
> -- :c:type:`video_device`->name: set to something descriptive and unique.
> +- :c:type:`video_device`->name: set to something descriptive and unique. If the
> + device has the `V4L2_CAP_META_CAPTURE` or `V4L2_CAP_META_OUTPUT` capabilities,
> + the string `Meta:` will be inserted before the original name.
>
> - :c:type:`video_device`->vfl_dir: set this to ``VFL_DIR_RX`` for capture
> devices (``VFL_DIR_RX`` has value 0, so this is normally already the
>
> --
> 2.39.0.rc0.267.gcb52ba06e7-goog-b4-0.11.0-dev-696ae
Reviewed-by: Yunke Cao <yunkec@xxxxxxxxxxxx>