To explain why num_ref_idx_active_override_flag is not part of the API,
describe how the num_ref_idx_l[01]_active_minus1 fields and the
num_ref_idx_l[01]_default_active_minus1 fields are used, depending on
whether the decoder parses slice headers itself or not.

Signed-off-by: Philipp Zabel <p.za...@pengutronix.de>
---
 Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst 
b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
index bc5dd8e76567..b9834625a939 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
@@ -1630,10 +1630,10 @@ enum v4l2_mpeg_video_h264_hierarchical_coding_type -
       -
     * - __u8
       - ``num_ref_idx_l0_default_active_minus1``
-      -
+      - This field is only used by decoders that parse slices themselves.
     * - __u8
       - ``num_ref_idx_l1_default_active_minus1``
-      -
+      - This field is only used by decoders that parse slices themselves.
     * - __u8
       - ``weighted_bipred_idc``
       -
@@ -1820,10 +1820,14 @@ enum v4l2_mpeg_video_h264_hierarchical_coding_type -
       -
     * - __u8
       - ``num_ref_idx_l0_active_minus1``
-      -
+      - This field is used by decoders that do not parse slices themselves.
+        If num_ref_idx_active_override_flag is not set, this field must be
+        set to the value of num_ref_idx_l0_default_active_minus1.
     * - __u8
       - ``num_ref_idx_l1_active_minus1``
-      -
+      - This field is used by decoders that do not parse slices themselves.
+        If num_ref_idx_active_override_flag is not set, this field must be
+        set to the value of num_ref_idx_l1_default_active_minus1.
     * - __u32
       - ``slice_group_change_cycle``
       -
-- 
2.20.1

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