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| author | Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> | 2017-03-29 04:59:12 -0300 |
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| committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2017-04-10 07:25:56 -0300 |
| commit | 3369cde0afc1e6aa405768ccc83a406d385055ea (patch) | |
| tree | 84e0f9ae610fd2d4b90afa04fbf388a489413b6c /Documentation/media | |
| parent | 51d979c0bb99cb82d597795439eb5d74d280df50 (diff) | |
| download | linux-3369cde0afc1e6aa405768ccc83a406d385055ea.tar.bz2 | |
[media] video.rst: a sensor is also considered to be a physical input
Add the line "Camera sensors are also considered to be a video input."
In practice all non-MC drivers for sensors support the input ioctls, and the
compliance test actually tests for the presence of these ioctls. So clarify
the documentation by explicitly mentioning sensors.
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/media')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/video.rst | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/video.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/video.rst index a205fb87d566..d2bc06b064ad 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/video.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/video.rst @@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ Video Inputs and Outputs Video inputs and outputs are physical connectors of a device. These can be for example RF connectors (antenna/cable), CVBS a.k.a. Composite -Video, S-Video or RGB connectors. Video and VBI capture devices have -inputs. Video and VBI output devices have outputs, at least one each. -Radio devices have no video inputs or outputs. +Video, S-Video and RGB connectors. Camera sensors are also considered to +be a video input. Video and VBI capture devices have inputs. Video and +VBI output devices have outputs, at least one each. Radio devices have +no video inputs or outputs. To learn about the number and attributes of the available inputs and outputs applications can enumerate them with the |