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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-07-30 19:03:41 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-07-30 19:03:41 -0700
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Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media
Pull media updates from Mauro Carvalho Chehab: "This is the first part of the media patches for v3.6. This patch series contain: - new DVB frontend: rtl2832 - new video drivers: adv7393 - some unused files got removed - a selection API cleanup between V4L2 and V4L2 subdev API's - a major redesign at v4l-ioctl2, in order to clean it up - several driver fixes and improvements." * 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media: (174 commits) v4l: Export v4l2-common.h in include/linux/Kbuild media: Revert "[media] Terratec Cinergy S2 USB HD Rev.2" [media] media: Use pr_info not homegrown pr_reg macro [media] Terratec Cinergy S2 USB HD Rev.2 [media] v4l: Correct conflicting V4L2 subdev selection API documentation [media] Feature removal: V4L2 selections API target and flag definitions [media] v4l: Unify selection flags documentation [media] v4l: Unify selection flags [media] v4l: Common documentation for selection targets [media] v4l: Unify selection targets across V4L2 and V4L2 subdev interfaces [media] v4l: Remove "_ACTUAL" from subdev selection API target definition names [media] V4L: Remove "_ACTIVE" from the selection target name definitions [media] media: dvb-usb: print mac address via native %pM [media] s5p-tv: Use module_i2c_driver in sii9234_drv.c file [media] media: gpio-ir-recv: add allowed_protos for platform data [media] s5p-jpeg: Use module_platform_driver in jpeg-core.c file [media] saa7134: fix spelling of detach in label [media] cx88-blackbird: replace ioctl by unlocked_ioctl [media] cx88: don't use current_norm [media] cx88: fix a number of v4l2-compliance violations ...
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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-create-bufs.xml
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@@ -97,7 +97,13 @@ information.</para>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>count</structfield></entry>
- <entry>The number of buffers requested or granted.</entry>
+ <entry>The number of buffers requested or granted. If count == 0, then
+ <constant>VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS</constant> will set <structfield>index</structfield>
+ to the current number of created buffers, and it will check the validity of
+ <structfield>memory</structfield> and <structfield>format.type</structfield>.
+ If those are invalid -1 is returned and errno is set to &EINVAL;,
+ otherwise <constant>VIDIOC_CREATE_BUFS</constant> returns 0. It will
+ never set errno to &EBUSY; in this particular case.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>