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authorHans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>2017-02-20 17:21:19 -0300
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>2017-03-22 11:12:34 -0300
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[media] cec: document the error codes
Document all the various error codes returned by the CEC ioctls. These were never documented, instead the documentation relied on a reference to the generic error codes, but that's not sufficient. Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
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@@ -249,3 +249,15 @@ Return Value
On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set
appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the
:ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.
+
+The :ref:`ioctl CEC_S_MODE <CEC_S_MODE>` can return the following
+error codes:
+
+EINVAL
+ The requested mode is invalid.
+
+EPERM
+ Monitor mode is requested without having root permissions
+
+EBUSY
+ Someone else is already an exclusive follower or initiator.