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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/media/camera-sensor.rst | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-subdev.rst | 7 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/media/camera-sensor.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/media/camera-sensor.rst index 6456145f96ed..7a3c610e4c7b 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/media/camera-sensor.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/media/camera-sensor.rst @@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ management over the pipeline. Camera sensor drivers are responsible for controlling the power state of the device they otherwise control as well. They shall use runtime PM to manage power states. Runtime PM shall be enabled at probe time and disabled at remove -time. Drivers should enable runtime PM autosuspend. +time. Drivers should enable runtime PM autosuspend. Also see +:ref:`async sub-device registration <media-registering-async-subdevs>`. The runtime PM handlers shall handle clocks, regulators, GPIOs, and other system resources required to power the sensor up and down. For drivers that diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-subdev.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-subdev.rst index a62e4aff31be..1db2ba27c54c 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-subdev.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-subdev.rst @@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ You can unregister a sub-device using: Afterwards the subdev module can be unloaded and :c:type:`sd <v4l2_subdev>`->dev == ``NULL``. +.. _media-registering-async-subdevs: + Registering asynchronous sub-devices ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ @@ -195,6 +197,11 @@ performed using the :c:func:`v4l2_async_unregister_subdev` call. Subdevices registered this way are stored in a global list of subdevices, ready to be picked up by bridge drivers. +Drivers must complete all initialization of the sub-device before +registering it using :c:func:`v4l2_async_register_subdev`, including +enabling runtime PM. This is because the sub-device becomes accessible +as soon as it gets registered. + Asynchronous sub-device notifiers ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |