Thank you. On 02.12.2020 20:19, Sakari Ailus wrote:
The link_validate pad op will only be called on sink pads. Document this. Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-subdev.rst | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-subdev.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-subdev.rst index d4cba0d6c4ca..6d5c799c49fe 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-subdev.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-subdev.rst @@ -122,11 +122,12 @@ Don't forget to cleanup the media entity before the sub-device is destroyed: media_entity_cleanup(&sd->entity); -In that case, the subdev driver may set the link_validate field to provide -its own link validation function. The link validation function is called for -every link in the pipeline where both of the ends of the links are V4L2 -sub-devices. The driver is still responsible for validating the correctness -of the format configuration between sub-devices and video nodes. +If a sub-device driver implements sink pads, the subdev driver may set the +link_validate field in :c:type:`v4l2_subdev_pad_ops`to provide its own link +validation function. For every link in the pipeline, the link_validate pad +operation of the sink end of the link is called. In both cases the driver is
s/In both cases the driver/In both cases, the driver/
+still responsible for validating the correctness of the format configuration +between sub-devices and video nodes. If link_validate op is not set, the default function :c:func:`v4l2_subdev_link_validate_default` is used instead. This function -- 2.27.0
