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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>2016-07-10 11:57:43 -0300
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>2016-07-10 12:06:28 -0300
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[media] doc-rst: improve display of notes and warnings
There are several notes and warning mesages in the middle of the media docbook. Use the ReST tags for that, as it makes them visually better and hightlights them. While here, modify a few ones to make them clearer. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
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@@ -92,10 +92,12 @@ Generic Error Codes
- Permission denied. Can be returned if the device needs write
permission, or some special capabilities is needed (e. g. root)
+.. note::
-Note 1: ioctls may return other error codes. Since errors may have side
-effects such as a driver reset, applications should abort on unexpected
-errors.
+ #. This list is not exaustive; ioctls may return other error codes.
+ Since errors may have side effects such as a driver reset,
+ applications should abort on unexpected errors, or otherwise
+ assume that the device is in a bad state.
-Note 2: Request-specific error codes are listed in the individual
-requests descriptions.
+ #. Request-specific error codes are listed in the individual
+ requests descriptions.