Merge tag 'media/v5.3-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media

Pull media updates from Mauro Carvalho Chehab:

 - new Atmel microship ISC driver

 - coda has gained support for mpeg2 and mpeg4

 - cxusb gained support for analog TV

 - rockchip staging driver was split into two separate staging drivers

 - added a new staging driver for Allegro DVT video IP core

 - added a new staging driver for Amlogic Meson video decoder

 - lots of improvements and cleanups

* tag 'media/v5.3-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media: (398 commits)
  media: allegro: use new v4l2_m2m_ioctl_try_encoder_cmd funcs
  media: doc-rst: Fix typos
  media: radio-raremono: change devm_k*alloc to k*alloc
  media: stv0297: fix frequency range limit
  media: rc: Prefer KEY_NUMERIC_* for number buttons on remotes
  media: dvb_frontend: split dvb_frontend_handle_ioctl function
  media: mceusb: disable "nonsensical irdata" messages
  media: rc: remove redundant dev_err message
  media: cec-notifier: add new notifier functions
  media: cec: add struct cec_connector_info support
  media: cec-notifier: rename variables, check kstrdup and n->conn_name
  media: MAINTAINERS: Add maintainers for Media Controller
  media: staging: media: tegra-vde: Defer dmabuf's unmapping
  media: staging: media: tegra-vde: Add IOMMU support
  media: hdpvr: fix locking and a missing msleep
  media: v4l2: Test type instead of cfg->type in v4l2_ctrl_new_custom()
  media: atmel: atmel-isc: fix i386 build error
  media: v4l2-ctrl: Move compound control initialization
  media: hantro: Use vb2_get_buffer
  media: pci: cx88: Change the type of 'missed' to u64
  ...

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/field-order.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/field-order.rst
index d640e922a974..c422bebe4314 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/field-order.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/field-order.rst
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ determined by the video standard. Hence the distinction between temporal
 and spatial order of fields. The diagrams below should make this
 clearer.
 
+In V4L it is assumed that all video cameras transmit fields on the media
+bus in the same order they were captured, so if the top field was
+captured first (is the older field), the top field is also transmitted
+first on the bus.
+
 All video capture and output devices must report the current field
 order. Some drivers may permit the selection of a different order, to
 this end applications initialize the ``field`` field of struct
@@ -101,10 +106,10 @@ enum v4l2_field
     * - ``V4L2_FIELD_INTERLACED``
       - 4
       - Images contain both fields, interleaved line by line. The temporal
-	order of the fields (whether the top or bottom field is first
-	transmitted) depends on the current video standard. M/NTSC
-	transmits the bottom field first, all other standards the top
-	field first.
+	order of the fields (whether the top or bottom field is older)
+	depends on the current video standard. In M/NTSC the bottom
+	field is the older field. In all other standards the top field
+	is the older field.
     * - ``V4L2_FIELD_SEQ_TB``
       - 5
       - Images contain both fields, the top field lines are stored first
@@ -135,11 +140,11 @@ enum v4l2_field
     * - ``V4L2_FIELD_INTERLACED_TB``
       - 8
       - Images contain both fields, interleaved line by line, top field
-	first. The top field is transmitted first.
+	first. The top field is the older field.
     * - ``V4L2_FIELD_INTERLACED_BT``
       - 9
       - Images contain both fields, interleaved line by line, top field
-	first. The bottom field is transmitted first.
+	first. The bottom field is the older field.