merge: http://linuxtv.org/hg/~pinchartl/uvcvideo/

From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/linux/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt b/linux/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
index 48cdf8624..accc376e9 100644
--- a/linux/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
+++ b/linux/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
@@ -84,12 +84,14 @@ You must register the device instance:
 	v4l2_device_register(struct device *dev, struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev);
 
 Registration will initialize the v4l2_device struct and link dev->driver_data
-to v4l2_dev. Registration will also set v4l2_dev->name to a value derived from
-dev (driver name followed by the bus_id, to be precise). You may change the
-name after registration if you want.
+to v4l2_dev. If v4l2_dev->name is empty then it will be set to a value derived
+from dev (driver name followed by the bus_id, to be precise). If you set it
+up before calling v4l2_device_register then it will be untouched. If dev is
+NULL, then you *must* setup v4l2_dev->name before calling v4l2_device_register.
 
 The first 'dev' argument is normally the struct device pointer of a pci_dev,
-usb_device or platform_device.
+usb_device or platform_device. It is rare for dev to be NULL, but it happens
+with ISA devices, for example.
 
 You unregister with:
 
@@ -266,7 +268,7 @@ errors (except -ENOIOCTLCMD) occured, then 0 is returned.
 
 The second argument to both calls is a group ID. If 0, then all subdevs are
 called. If non-zero, then only those whose group ID match that value will
-be called. Before a bridge driver registers a subdev it can set subdev->grp_id
+be called. Before a bridge driver registers a subdev it can set sd->grp_id
 to whatever value it wants (it's 0 by default). This value is owned by the
 bridge driver and the sub-device driver will never modify or use it.