Re: [PATCH v7 7/7] media: open.rst: add a notice about subdev-API on vdev-centric

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On 09/28/2017 12:23 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> The documentation doesn't mention if vdev-centric hardware
> control would have subdev API or not.
> 
> Add a notice about that, reflecting the current status, where
> three drivers use it, in order to support some subdev-specific
> controls.

Just to note that there is a pull request pending from me that
removes this from the cobalt driver. So once that's merged there
are only two drivers that do this.

Anyway:

Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@xxxxxxxxx>

Regards,

	Hans

> 
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/open.rst | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/open.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/open.rst
> index 75ccc9d6614d..ed011ed123cc 100644
> --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/open.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/open.rst
> @@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ the periferal can be used. For such devices, the sub-devices' configuration
>  can be controlled via the :ref:`sub-device API <subdev>`, which creates one
>  device node per sub-device.
>  
> +.. note::
> +
> +   A **vdevnode-centric** may also optionally expose V4L2 sub-devices via
> +   :ref:`sub-device API <subdev>`. In that case, it has to implement
> +   the :ref:`media controller API <media_controller>` as well.
> +
> +
>  .. attention::
>  
>     Devices that require **MC-centric** media hardware control should
> 

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