On 08/30/2015 05:06 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Cleanup the media controller entities description:
> - remove MEDIA_ENT_T_DEVNODE and MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV entity
> types, as they don't mean anything;
Shouldn't this add MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_VBI and _SWRADIO descriptions?
Regards,
Hans
> - add MEDIA_ENT_T_UNKNOWN with a proper description;
> - remove ALSA and FB entity types. Those should not be used, as
> the types are deprecated. We'll soon be adidng ALSA, but with
> a different entity namespace;
> - improve the description of some entities.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mche...@osg.samsung.com>
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/media-ioc-enum-entities.xml
> b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/media-ioc-enum-entities.xml
> index 32a783635649..bd90dde54416 100644
> --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/media-ioc-enum-entities.xml
> +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/media-ioc-enum-entities.xml
> @@ -179,70 +179,59 @@
> <colspec colname="c2"/>
> <tbody valign="top">
> <row>
> - <entry><constant>MEDIA_ENT_T_DEVNODE</constant></entry>
> - <entry>Unknown device node</entry>
> + <entry><constant>MEDIA_ENT_T_UNKNOWN</constant> and
> <constant>MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV_UNKNOWN</constant></entry>
> + <entry>Unknown entity. That generally indicates that
> + a driver didn't initialize properly the entity, with is a Kernel
> bug</entry>
> </row>
> <row>
> <entry><constant>MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_VIDEO</constant></entry>
> - <entry>V4L video, radio or vbi device node</entry>
> - </row>
> - <row>
> - <entry><constant>MEDIA_ENT_T_DEVNODE_FB</constant></entry>
> - <entry>Frame buffer device node</entry>
> - </row>
> - <row>
> - <entry><constant>MEDIA_ENT_T_DEVNODE_ALSA</constant></entry>
> - <entry>ALSA card</entry>
> + <entry>V4L video streaming input or output entity</entry>
> </row>
> <row>
> <entry><constant>MEDIA_ENT_T_DVB_DEMOD</constant></entry>
> - <entry>DVB frontend devnode</entry>
> + <entry>DVB demodulator entity</entry>
> </row>
> <row>
> <entry><constant>MEDIA_ENT_T_DVB_DEMUX</constant></entry>
> - <entry>DVB demux devnode</entry>
> + <entry>DVB demux entity. Could be implemented on hardware or in
> Kernelspace</entry>
> </row>
> <row>
> <entry><constant>MEDIA_ENT_T_DVB_TSOUT</constant></entry>
> - <entry>DVB DVR devnode</entry>
> + <entry>DVB Transport Stream output entity</entry>
> </row>
> <row>
> <entry><constant>MEDIA_ENT_T_DVB_CA</constant></entry>
> - <entry>DVB CAM devnode</entry>
> + <entry>DVB Conditional Access module (CAM) entity</entry>
> </row>
> <row>
> <entry><constant>MEDIA_ENT_T_DVB_DEMOD_NET_DECAP</constant></entry>
> - <entry>DVB network devnode</entry>
> - </row>
> - <row>
> - <entry><constant>MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV</constant></entry>
> - <entry>Unknown V4L sub-device</entry>
> + <entry>DVB network ULE/MLE desencapsulation entity. Could be
> implemented on hardware or in Kernelspace</entry>
> </row>
> <row>
> <entry><constant>MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV_SENSOR</constant></entry>
> - <entry>Video sensor</entry>
> + <entry>Camera video sensor entity</entry>
> </row>
> <row>
> <entry><constant>MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV_FLASH</constant></entry>
> - <entry>Flash controller</entry>
> + <entry>Flash controller entity</entry>
> </row>
> <row>
> <entry><constant>MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV_LENS</constant></entry>
> - <entry>Lens controller</entry>
> + <entry>Lens controller entity</entry>
> </row>
> <row>
> <entry><constant>MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV_DECODER</constant></entry>
> - <entry>Video decoder, the basic function of the video decoder is to
> - accept analogue video from a wide variety of sources such as
> + <entry>Analog video decoder, the basic function of the video decoder
> + is to accept analogue video from a wide variety of sources such as
> broadcast, DVD players, cameras and video cassette recorders, in
> - either NTSC, PAL or HD format and still occasionally SECAM, separate
> - it into its component parts, luminance and chrominance, and output
> + either NTSC, PAL, SECAM or HD format, separating the stream
> + into its component parts, luminance and chrominance, and output
> it in some digital video standard, with appropriate embedded timing
> signals.</entry>
> </row>
> <row>
> <entry><constant>MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV_TUNER</constant></entry>
> - <entry>TV and/or radio tuner</entry>
> + <entry>Digital TV, analog TV, radio and/or software radio
> tuner</entry>
> </row>
> </tbody>
> </tgroup>
>
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