This changes v4l2_pix_format and v4l2_plane_pix_format sizeimage
field description to allow v4l clients to set bigger image size
in case of variable length compressed data.
Signed-off-by: Stanimir Varbanov <stanimir.varbanov@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-v4l2-mplane.rst | 5 ++++-
Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-v4l2.rst | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-v4l2-mplane.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-v4l2-mplane.rst
index 7f82dad9013a..dbe0b74e9ba4 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-v4l2-mplane.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-v4l2-mplane.rst
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ describing all planes of that format.
* - __u32
- ``sizeimage``
- - Maximum size in bytes required for image data in this plane.
+ - Maximum size in bytes required for image data in this plane,
+ set by the driver. When the image consists of variable length
+ compressed data this is the maximum number of bytes required
+ to hold an image, and it is allowed to be set by the client.
* - __u32
- ``bytesperline``
- Distance in bytes between the leftmost pixels in two adjacent
diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-v4l2.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-v4l2.rst
index 71eebfc6d853..54b6d2b67bd7 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-v4l2.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-v4l2.rst
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ Single-planar format structure
- Size in bytes of the buffer to hold a complete image, set by the
driver. Usually this is ``bytesperline`` times ``height``. When
the image consists of variable length compressed data this is the
- maximum number of bytes required to hold an image.
+ maximum number of bytes required to hold an image, and it is
+ allowed to be set by the client.
* - __u32
- ``colorspace``
- Image colorspace, from enum :c:type:`v4l2_colorspace`.
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