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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/media/mc-core.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/media/mc-core.rst index 4bb062d5c2e7..400b8ca29367 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/media/mc-core.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/media/mc-core.rst @@ -230,14 +230,13 @@ When starting streaming, drivers must notify all entities in the pipeline to prevent link states from being modified during streaming by calling :c:func:`media_pipeline_start()`. -The function will mark all entities connected to the given entity through -enabled links, either directly or indirectly, as streaming. +The function will mark all the pads which are part of the pipeline as streaming. The struct media_pipeline instance pointed to by -the pipe argument will be stored in every entity in the pipeline. +the pipe argument will be stored in every pad in the pipeline. Drivers should embed the struct media_pipeline in higher-level pipeline structures and can then access the -pipeline through the struct media_entity +pipeline through the struct media_pad pipe field. Calls to :c:func:`media_pipeline_start()` can be nested. |