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-rw-r--r--Documentation/media/uapi/gen-errors.rst10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/media/uapi/rc/rc-sysfs-nodes.rst13
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/gen-errors.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/gen-errors.rst
index 6e983b9880fc..d39e34d1b19d 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/gen-errors.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/gen-errors.rst
@@ -94,9 +94,17 @@ Generic Error Codes
- Permission denied. Can be returned if the device needs write
permission, or some special capabilities is needed (e. g. root)
+ - .. row 11
+
+ - ``EIO``
+
+ - I/O error. Typically used when there are problems communicating with
+ a hardware device. This could indicate broken or flaky hardware.
+ It's a 'Something is wrong, I give up!' type of error.
+
.. note::
- #. This list is not exaustive; ioctls may return other error codes.
+ #. This list is not exhaustive; 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.
diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/rc-sysfs-nodes.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/rc-sysfs-nodes.rst
index 6fb944fe21fd..3476ae29708f 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/rc-sysfs-nodes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/rc-sysfs-nodes.rst
@@ -92,15 +92,16 @@ This value may be reset to 0 if the current protocol is altered.
Reading this file returns a list of available protocols to use for the
wakeup filter, something like:
-``rc5 rc6 nec jvc [sony]``
+``rc-5 nec nec-x rc-6-0 rc-6-6a-24 [rc-6-6a-32] rc-6-mce``
-The enabled wakeup protocol is shown in [] brackets.
+Note that protocol variants are listed, so "nec", "sony", "rc-5", "rc-6"
+have their different bit length encodings listed if available.
-Writing "+proto" will add a protocol to the list of enabled wakeup
-protocols.
+Note that all protocol variants are listed.
-Writing "-proto" will remove a protocol from the list of enabled wakeup
-protocols.
+The enabled wakeup protocol is shown in [] brackets.
+
+Only one protocol can be selected at a time.
Writing "proto" will use "proto" for wakeup events.