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diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/cec/cec-intro.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/cec/cec-intro.rst index 7d31d37b0642..07ee2b8f89d6 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/cec/cec-intro.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/cec/cec-intro.rst @@ -26,3 +26,15 @@ control just the CEC pin. Drivers that support CEC will create a CEC device node (/dev/cecX) to give userspace access to the CEC adapter. The :ref:`CEC_ADAP_G_CAPS` ioctl will tell userspace what it is allowed to do. + +In order to check the support and test it, it is suggested to download +the `v4l-utils <https://git.linuxtv.org/v4l-utils.git/>`_ package. It +provides three tools to handle CEC: + +- cec-ctl: the Swiss army knife of CEC. Allows you to configure, transmit + and monitor CEC messages. + +- cec-compliance: does a CEC compliance test of a remote CEC device to + determine how compliant the CEC implementation is. + +- cec-follower: emulates a CEC follower. |