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-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-controls.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/vivid.txt5
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-controls.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-controls.txt
index 0f84ce8c9a7b..5517db602f37 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-controls.txt
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-controls.txt
@@ -344,7 +344,9 @@ implement g_volatile_ctrl like this:
}
Note that you use the 'new value' union as well in g_volatile_ctrl. In general
-controls that need to implement g_volatile_ctrl are read-only controls.
+controls that need to implement g_volatile_ctrl are read-only controls. If they
+are not, a V4L2_EVENT_CTRL_CH_VALUE will not be generated when the control
+changes.
To mark a control as volatile you have to set V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_VOLATILE:
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
index f586e29ce221..59e619f9bbf5 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
@@ -793,8 +793,8 @@ video_register_device_no_warn() instead.
Whenever a device node is created some attributes are also created for you.
If you look in /sys/class/video4linux you see the devices. Go into e.g.
-video0 and you will see 'name', 'debug' and 'index' attributes. The 'name'
-attribute is the 'name' field of the video_device struct. The 'debug' attribute
+video0 and you will see 'name', 'dev_debug' and 'index' attributes. The 'name'
+attribute is the 'name' field of the video_device struct. The 'dev_debug' attribute
can be used to enable core debugging. See the next section for more detailed
information on this.
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ unregister the device if the registration failed.
video device debugging
----------------------
-The 'debug' attribute that is created for each video, vbi, radio or swradio
+The 'dev_debug' attribute that is created for each video, vbi, radio or swradio
device in /sys/class/video4linux/<devX>/ allows you to enable logging of
file operations.
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/vivid.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/vivid.txt
index 6cfc8541a362..cd4b5a1ac529 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/vivid.txt
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/vivid.txt
@@ -912,6 +912,11 @@ looped to the video input provided that:
sequence and field counting in struct v4l2_buffer on the capture side may not
be 100% accurate.
+- field settings V4L2_FIELD_SEQ_TB/BT are not supported. While it is possible to
+ implement this, it would mean a lot of work to get this right. Since these
+ field values are rarely used the decision was made not to implement this for
+ now.
+
- on the input side the "Standard Signal Mode" for the S-Video input or the
"DV Timings Signal Mode" for the HDMI input should be configured so that a
valid signal is passed to the video input.