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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/media-framework.txt')
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diff --git a/Documentation/media-framework.txt b/Documentation/media-framework.txt index 7fbfe4bd1f47..ef3663af1db3 100644 --- a/Documentation/media-framework.txt +++ b/Documentation/media-framework.txt @@ -110,10 +110,10 @@ If no pads are needed, drivers could directly fill entity->num_pads with 0 and entity->pads with NULL or to call the above function that will do the same. -The media_entity name, type, flags, revision and group_id fields should be -initialized before calling media_device_register_entity(). Entities embedded -in higher-level standard structures can have some of those fields set by the -higher-level framework. +The media_entity name, type and flags fields should be initialized before +calling media_device_register_entity(). Entities embedded in higher-level +standard structures can have some of those fields set by the higher-level +framework. As the number of pads is known in advance, the pads array is not allocated dynamically but is managed by the entity driver. Most drivers will embed the @@ -164,9 +164,7 @@ Entities have flags that describe the entity capabilities and state. Logical entity groups can be defined by setting the group ID of all member entities to the same non-zero value. An entity group serves no purpose in the -kernel, but is reported to userspace during entities enumeration. The group_id -field belongs to the media device driver and must not by touched by entity -drivers. +kernel, but is reported to userspace during entities enumeration. Media device drivers should define groups if several entities are logically bound together. Example usages include reporting |