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author | Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com> | 2022-03-09 18:10:06 +0100 |
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committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org> | 2022-05-17 09:18:02 +0200 |
commit | 1d1d8669e5ca669267e87ffc94f6d26e62fcd867 (patch) | |
tree | f24fa160d3e5c826096a1359d31021aa7697c790 /Documentation/driver-api | |
parent | e74e476834f810d99261988e501d460235269158 (diff) | |
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media: Documentation: mc: Add media_device_{init,cleanup}
Document that drivers must first initialise a media device before
registering it, and clean up once the media device is unregistered.
Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>
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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/media/mc-core.rst | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/media/mc-core.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/media/mc-core.rst index 57b5bbba944e..02481a2513b9 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/media/mc-core.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/media/mc-core.rst @@ -42,9 +42,16 @@ Allocation of the structure is handled by the media device driver, usually by embedding the :c:type:`media_device` instance in a larger driver-specific structure. -Drivers register media device instances by calling -:c:func:`__media_device_register()` via the macro ``media_device_register()`` -and unregistered by calling :c:func:`media_device_unregister()`. +Drivers initialise media device instances by calling +:c:func:`media_device_init()`. After initialising a media device instance, it is +registered by calling :c:func:`__media_device_register()` via the macro +``media_device_register()`` and unregistered by calling +:c:func:`media_device_unregister()`. An initialised media device must be +eventually cleaned up by calling :c:func:`media_device_cleanup()`. + +Note that it is not allowed to unregister a media device instance that was not +previously registered, or clean up a media device instance that was not +previously initialised. Entities ^^^^^^^^ |