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-rw-r--r--linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv5
-rw-r--r--linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx238851
-rw-r--r--linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx881
-rw-r--r--linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa71342
-rw-r--r--linux/Documentation/video4linux/Zoran3
-rw-r--r--linux/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options10
-rw-r--r--linux/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/README4
-rw-r--r--linux/Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt1
-rw-r--r--linux/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt45
-rw-r--r--linux/Documentation/video4linux/v4lgrab.c4
10 files changed, 56 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv b/linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv
index 4dfe62641..f11c58329 100644
--- a/linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv
+++ b/linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
134 -> Adlink RTV24
135 -> DViCO FusionHDTV 5 Lite [18ac:d500]
136 -> Acorp Y878F [9511:1540]
-137 -> Conceptronic CTVFMi v2
+137 -> Conceptronic CTVFMi v2 [036e:109e]
138 -> Prolink Pixelview PV-BT878P+ (Rev.2E)
139 -> Prolink PixelView PlayTV MPEG2 PV-M4900
140 -> Osprey 440 [0070:ff07]
@@ -155,3 +155,6 @@
154 -> PHYTEC VD-012-X1 (bt878)
155 -> PHYTEC VD-012-X2 (bt878)
156 -> IVCE-8784 [0000:f050,0001:f050,0002:f050,0003:f050]
+157 -> Geovision GV-800(S) (master) [800a:763d]
+158 -> Geovision GV-800(S) (slave) [800b:763d,800c:763d,800d:763d]
+159 -> ProVideo PV183 [1830:1540,1831:1540,1832:1540,1833:1540,1834:1540,1835:1540,1836:1540,1837:1540]
diff --git a/linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx23885 b/linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx23885
index 5937ff958..91aa3c0f0 100644
--- a/linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx23885
+++ b/linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx23885
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@
14 -> TurboSight TBS 6920 [6920:8888]
15 -> TeVii S470 [d470:9022]
16 -> DVBWorld DVB-S2 2005 [0001:2005]
+ 17 -> NetUP Dual DVB-S2 CI [1b55:2a2c]
diff --git a/linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx88 b/linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx88
index 0d08f1edc..71e9db0b2 100644
--- a/linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx88
+++ b/linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx88
@@ -77,3 +77,4 @@
76 -> SATTRADE ST4200 DVB-S/S2 [b200:4200]
77 -> TBS 8910 DVB-S [8910:8888]
78 -> Prof 6200 DVB-S [b022:3022]
+ 79 -> Terratec Cinergy HT PCI MKII [153b:1177]
diff --git a/linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134 b/linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134
index b8d470596..6dacf2825 100644
--- a/linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134
+++ b/linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134
@@ -153,3 +153,5 @@
152 -> Asus Tiger Rev:1.00 [1043:4857]
153 -> Kworld Plus TV Analog Lite PCI [17de:7128]
154 -> Avermedia AVerTV GO 007 FM Plus [1461:f31d]
+155 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1120 ATSC/QAM-Hybrid [0070:6706,0070:6708]
+156 -> Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1110r3 [0070:6707,0070:6709,0070:670a]
diff --git a/linux/Documentation/video4linux/Zoran b/linux/Documentation/video4linux/Zoran
index 295462b23..0e89e7676 100644
--- a/linux/Documentation/video4linux/Zoran
+++ b/linux/Documentation/video4linux/Zoran
@@ -401,8 +401,7 @@ Additional notes for software developers:
first set the correct norm. Well, it seems logically correct: TV
standard is "more constant" for current country than geometry
settings of a variety of TV capture cards which may work in ITU or
- square pixel format. Remember that users now can lock the norm to
- avoid any ambiguity.
+ square pixel format.
--
Please note that lavplay/lavrec are also included in the MJPEG-tools
(http://mjpeg.sf.net/).
diff --git a/linux/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options b/linux/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options
index 5ef75787f..bbe3ed667 100644
--- a/linux/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options
+++ b/linux/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options
@@ -81,16 +81,6 @@ tuner.o
pal=[bdgil] select PAL variant (used for some tuners
only, important for the audio carrier).
-tvmixer.o
- registers a mixer device for the TV card's volume/bass/treble
- controls (requires a i2c audio control chip like the msp3400).
-
- insmod args:
- debug=1 print some debug info to the syslog.
- devnr=n allocate device #n (0 == /dev/mixer,
- 1 = /dev/mixer1, ...), default is to
- use the first free one.
-
tvaudio.o
new, experimental module which is supported to provide a single
driver for all simple i2c audio control chips (tda/tea*).
diff --git a/linux/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/README b/linux/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/README
index 7ca2154c2..3a367cdb6 100644
--- a/linux/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/README
+++ b/linux/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/README
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ If you have some knowledge and spare time, please try to fix this
yourself (patches very welcome of course...) You know: The linux
slogan is "Do it yourself".
-There is a mailing list: video4linux-list@redhat.com.
-https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list
+There is a mailing list: linux-media@vger.kernel.org
+http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-media
If you have trouble with some specific TV card, try to ask there
instead of mailing me directly. The chance that someone with the
diff --git a/linux/Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt b/linux/Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt
index 12c8ff705..98529e03a 100644
--- a/linux/Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt
+++ b/linux/Documentation/video4linux/gspca.txt
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ spca561 10fd:7e50 FlyCam Usb 100
zc3xx 10fd:8050 Typhoon Webshot II USB 300k
ov534 1415:2000 Sony HD Eye for PS3 (SLEH 00201)
pac207 145f:013a Trust WB-1300N
+vc032x 15b8:6001 HP 2.0 Megapixel
vc032x 15b8:6002 HP 2.0 Megapixel rz406aa
spca501 1776:501c Arowana 300K CMOS Camera
t613 17a1:0128 TASCORP JPEG Webcam, NGS Cyclops
diff --git a/linux/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt b/linux/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
index accc376e9..a31177390 100644
--- a/linux/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
+++ b/linux/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
@@ -91,7 +91,13 @@ 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. It is rare for dev to be NULL, but it happens
-with ISA devices, for example.
+with ISA devices or when one device creates multiple PCI devices, thus making
+it impossible to associate v4l2_dev with a particular parent.
+
+You can also supply a notify() callback that can be called by sub-devices to
+notify you of events. Whether you need to set this depends on the sub-device.
+Any notifications a sub-device supports must be defined in a header in
+include/media/<subdevice>.h.
You unregister with:
@@ -99,6 +105,17 @@ You unregister with:
Unregistering will also automatically unregister all subdevs from the device.
+If you have a hotpluggable device (e.g. a USB device), then when a disconnect
+happens the parent device becomes invalid. Since v4l2_device has a pointer to
+that parent device it has to be cleared as well to mark that the parent is
+gone. To do this call:
+
+ v4l2_device_disconnect(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev);
+
+This does *not* unregister the subdevs, so you still need to call the
+v4l2_device_unregister() function for that. If your driver is not hotpluggable,
+then there is no need to call v4l2_device_disconnect().
+
Sometimes you need to iterate over all devices registered by a specific
driver. This is usually the case if multiple device drivers use the same
hardware. E.g. the ivtvfb driver is a framebuffer driver that uses the ivtv
@@ -280,6 +297,11 @@ e.g. AUDIO_CONTROLLER and specify that as the group ID value when calling
v4l2_device_call_all(). That ensures that it will only go to the subdev
that needs it.
+If the sub-device needs to notify its v4l2_device parent of an event, then
+it can call v4l2_subdev_notify(sd, notification, arg). This macro checks
+whether there is a notify() callback defined and returns -ENODEV if not.
+Otherwise the result of the notify() call is returned.
+
The advantage of using v4l2_subdev is that it is a generic struct and does
not contain any knowledge about the underlying hardware. So a driver might
contain several subdevs that use an I2C bus, but also a subdev that is
@@ -359,8 +381,8 @@ This loads the given module (can be NULL if no module needs to be loaded) and
calls i2c_new_device() with the given i2c_adapter and chip/address arguments.
If all goes well, then it registers the subdev with the v4l2_device. It gets
the v4l2_device by calling i2c_get_adapdata(adapter), so you should make sure
-that adapdata is set to v4l2_device when you setup the i2c_adapter in your
-driver.
+to call i2c_set_adapdata(adapter, v4l2_device) when you setup the i2c_adapter
+in your driver.
You can also use v4l2_i2c_new_probed_subdev() which is very similar to
v4l2_i2c_new_subdev(), except that it has an array of possible I2C addresses
@@ -368,6 +390,14 @@ that it should probe. Internally it calls i2c_new_probed_device().
Both functions return NULL if something went wrong.
+Note that the chipid you pass to v4l2_i2c_new_(probed_)subdev() is usually
+the same as the module name. It allows you to specify a chip variant, e.g.
+"saa7114" or "saa7115". In general though the i2c driver autodetects this.
+The use of chipid is something that needs to be looked at more closely at a
+later date. It differs between i2c drivers and as such can be confusing.
+To see which chip variants are supported you can look in the i2c driver code
+for the i2c_device_id table. This lists all the possibilities.
+
struct video_device
-------------------
@@ -406,6 +436,15 @@ You should also set these fields:
- ioctl_ops: if you use the v4l2_ioctl_ops to simplify ioctl maintenance
(highly recommended to use this and it might become compulsory in the
future!), then set this to your v4l2_ioctl_ops struct.
+- parent: you only set this if v4l2_device was registered with NULL as
+ the parent device struct. This only happens in cases where one hardware
+ device has multiple PCI devices that all share the same v4l2_device core.
+
+ The cx88 driver is an example of this: one core v4l2_device struct, but
+ it is used by both an raw video PCI device (cx8800) and a MPEG PCI device
+ (cx8802). Since the v4l2_device cannot be associated with a particular
+ PCI device it is setup without a parent device. But when the struct
+ video_device is setup you do know which parent PCI device to use.
If you use v4l2_ioctl_ops, then you should set either .unlocked_ioctl or
.ioctl to video_ioctl2 in your v4l2_file_operations struct.
diff --git a/linux/Documentation/video4linux/v4lgrab.c b/linux/Documentation/video4linux/v4lgrab.c
index d6e70bef8..05769cff1 100644
--- a/linux/Documentation/video4linux/v4lgrab.c
+++ b/linux/Documentation/video4linux/v4lgrab.c
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv)
struct video_picture vpic;
unsigned char *buffer, *src;
- int bpp = 24, r, g, b;
- unsigned int i, src_depth;
+ int bpp = 24, r = 0, g = 0, b = 0;
+ unsigned int i, src_depth = 16;
if (fd < 0) {
perror(VIDEO_DEV);