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| author | Georgi Chorbadzhiyski <gf@unixsol.org> | 2014-01-16 12:07:11 -0300 |
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| committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <m.chehab@samsung.com> | 2014-02-04 13:07:01 -0200 |
| commit | def62216041a63d45d0fd0ff014abdc9832ee611 (patch) | |
| tree | 835ee5f7f99c89d11d6b77ee0d3fdf8831d15393 /Documentation/DocBook/media | |
| parent | 692a228e9ae419b3f51e94d1c60c1b18f37e3676 (diff) | |
| download | linux-def62216041a63d45d0fd0ff014abdc9832ee611.tar.bz2 | |
[media] FE_READ_SNR and FE_READ_SIGNAL_STRENGTH docs
Around 01/14/2014 06:07 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab scribbled:
> Em Tue, 14 Jan 2014 17:55:19 +0200
> Georgi Chorbadzhiyski <gf@unixsol.org> escreveu:
>> Around 01/14/2014 05:30 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab scribbled:
>>> Em Tue, 14 Jan 2014 17:16:10 +0200
>>> Georgi Chorbadzhiyski <gf@unixsol.org> escreveu:
>>>
>>>> Hi guys, I'm confused the documentation on:
>>>>
>>>> http://linuxtv.org/downloads/v4l-dvb-apis/frontend_fcalls.html#FE_READ_SNR
>>>> http://linuxtv.org/downloads/v4l-dvb-apis/frontend_fcalls.html#FE_READ_SIGNAL_STRENGTH
>>>>
>>>> states that these ioctls return int16_t values but frontend.h states:
>>>>
>>>> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/include/uapi/linux/dvb/frontend.h
>>>>
>>>> #define FE_READ_SIGNAL_STRENGTH _IOR('o', 71, __u16)
>>>> #define FE_READ_SNR _IOR('o', 72, __u16)
>>>>
>>>> So which one is true?
>>>
>>> Documentation is wrong. The returned values are unsigned. Would you mind send
>>> us a patch fixing it?
>>
>> I would be happy to, but I can't find the repo that holds the documentation.
>
> It is in the Kernel tree, under Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb.
The attached file contains the discussed documentation fixes.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <m.chehab@samsung.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/DocBook/media')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/frontend.xml | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/frontend.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/frontend.xml index 0d6e81bd9ed2..8a6a6ff27af5 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/frontend.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/frontend.xml @@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ typedef enum fe_hierarchy { </para> <informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> -<para>int ioctl(int fd, int request = <link linkend="FE_READ_SNR">FE_READ_SNR</link>, int16_t +<para>int ioctl(int fd, int request = <link linkend="FE_READ_SNR">FE_READ_SNR</link>, uint16_t ⋆snr);</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> @@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ typedef enum fe_hierarchy { </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> -<para>int16_t *snr</para> +<para>uint16_t *snr</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>The signal-to-noise ratio is stored into *snr.</para> @@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ typedef enum fe_hierarchy { <informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry align="char"> <para>int ioctl( int fd, int request = - <link linkend="FE_READ_SIGNAL_STRENGTH">FE_READ_SIGNAL_STRENGTH</link>, int16_t ⋆strength);</para> + <link linkend="FE_READ_SIGNAL_STRENGTH">FE_READ_SIGNAL_STRENGTH</link>, uint16_t ⋆strength);</para> </entry> </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable> @@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ typedef enum fe_hierarchy { </entry> </row><row><entry align="char"> -<para>int16_t *strength</para> +<para>uint16_t *strength</para> </entry><entry align="char"> <para>The signal strength value is stored into *strength.</para> |