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| author |   David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2009-09-24 15:13:11 -0700 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2009-09-24 15:13:11 -0700 |
| commit | 8b3f6af86378d0a10ca2f1ded1da124aef13b62c (patch) | |
| tree | de6ca90295730343c495be8d98be8efa322140ef /Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-codec.xml | |
| parent | Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6 (diff) | |
| parent | Merge branch 'drm-intel-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/anholt/drm-intel (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/
Conflicts:
drivers/staging/Kconfig
drivers/staging/Makefile
drivers/staging/cpc-usb/TODO
drivers/staging/cpc-usb/cpc-usb_drv.c
drivers/staging/cpc-usb/cpc.h
drivers/staging/cpc-usb/cpc_int.h
drivers/staging/cpc-usb/cpcusb.h
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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-codec.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-codec.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6e156dc45b94 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-codec.xml @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ + <title>Codec Interface</title> + + <note> + <title>Suspended</title> + + <para>This interface has been be suspended from the V4L2 API +implemented in Linux 2.6 until we have more experience with codec +device interfaces.</para> + </note> + + <para>A V4L2 codec can compress, decompress, transform, or otherwise +convert video data from one format into another format, in memory. +Applications send data to be converted to the driver through a +&func-write; call, and receive the converted data through a +&func-read; call. For efficiency a driver may also support streaming +I/O.</para> + + <para>[to do]</para> + + <!-- +Local Variables: +mode: sgml +sgml-parent-document: "v4l2.sgml" +indent-tabs-mode: nil +End: + --> |