The V4L2_CAP_ASYNCIO capability was never implemented (and in fact
it isn't clear what it was supposed to do in the first place).
Drop it from the capabilities list. Keep it in videodev2.h with the
other defines under ifndef __KERNEL__ for backwards compatibility.
This will free up a capability bit for other future uses. And having
an unused and undefined I/O method is just plain confusing.
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes since v1:
- Keep the old hex value for the capability as per suggestion from Laurent.
This ensures that old code using this will still keep running without
'if (caps & V4L2_CAP_ASYNCIO)' generating a 'condition is always false'
warning.
- Add a comment in videodev2.h mentioning that it was never implemented.
---
Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/async.rst | 9 ---------
Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-raw-vbi.rst | 2 +-
Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-sdr.rst | 2 +-
Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-sliced-vbi.rst | 2 +-
Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/hist-v4l2.rst | 2 +-
Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/io.rst | 4 +---
.../userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.rst | 3 ---
include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h | 6 +++++-
8 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/async.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/async.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/async.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index d6960ff5c382..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/async.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later
-
-.. _async:
-
-****************
-Asynchronous I/O
-****************
-
-This method is not defined yet.
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-raw-vbi.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-raw-vbi.rst
index 58f97c3a7792..2bec20d87928 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-raw-vbi.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-raw-vbi.rst
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Devices supporting the raw VBI capturing or output API set the
in the ``capabilities`` field of struct
:c:type:`v4l2_capability` returned by the
:ref:`VIDIOC_QUERYCAP` ioctl. At least one of the
-read/write, streaming or asynchronous I/O methods must be supported. VBI
+read/write or streaming I/O methods must be supported. VBI
devices may or may not have a tuner or modulator.
Supplemental Functions
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-sdr.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-sdr.rst
index 928884dfe09d..dfdeddbca41f 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-sdr.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-sdr.rst
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Devices supporting the SDR transmitter interface set the
device has an Digital to Analog Converter (DAC), which is a mandatory
element for the SDR transmitter.
-At least one of the read/write, streaming or asynchronous I/O methods
+At least one of the read/write or streaming I/O methods
must be supported.
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-sliced-vbi.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-sliced-vbi.rst
index 97ec2b115c71..44415822c7c5 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-sliced-vbi.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-sliced-vbi.rst
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Devices supporting the sliced VBI capturing or output API set the
respectively, in the ``capabilities`` field of struct
:c:type:`v4l2_capability` returned by the
:ref:`VIDIOC_QUERYCAP` ioctl. At least one of the
-read/write, streaming or asynchronous :ref:`I/O methods <io>` must be
+read/write or streaming :ref:`I/O methods <io>` must be
supported. Sliced VBI devices may have a tuner or modulator.
Supplemental Functions
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/hist-v4l2.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/hist-v4l2.rst
index 28a2750d5c8c..dbc04374dc22 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/hist-v4l2.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/hist-v4l2.rst
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ This unnamed version was finally merged into Linux 2.5.46.
There are new fields to identify the driver, a new RDS device
function ``V4L2_CAP_RDS_CAPTURE``, the ``V4L2_CAP_AUDIO`` flag
indicates if the device has any audio connectors, another I/O
- capability ``V4L2_CAP_ASYNCIO`` can be flagged. In response to these
+ capability V4L2_CAP_ASYNCIO can be flagged. In response to these
changes the ``type`` field became a bit set and was merged into the
``flags`` field. ``V4L2_FLAG_TUNER`` was renamed to
``V4L2_CAP_TUNER``, ``V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_OVERLAY`` replaced
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/io.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/io.rst
index ce0cece6f35f..4b1964df9d73 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/io.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/io.rst
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ read or write will fail at any time.
Other methods must be negotiated. To select the streaming I/O method
with memory mapped or user buffers applications call the
-:ref:`VIDIOC_REQBUFS` ioctl. The asynchronous I/O
-method is not defined yet.
+:ref:`VIDIOC_REQBUFS` ioctl.
Video overlay can be considered another I/O method, although the
application does not directly receive the image data. It is selected by
@@ -46,6 +45,5 @@ The following sections describe the various I/O methods in more detail.
mmap
userp
dmabuf
- async
buffer
field-order
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.rst
index 63e23f6f95ee..6c57b8428356 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.rst
@@ -244,9 +244,6 @@ specification the ioctl returns an ``EINVAL`` error code.
- 0x01000000
- The device supports the :c:func:`read()` and/or
:c:func:`write()` I/O methods.
- * - ``V4L2_CAP_ASYNCIO``
- - 0x02000000
- - The device supports the :ref:`asynchronous <async>` I/O methods.
* - ``V4L2_CAP_STREAMING``
- 0x04000000
- The device supports the :ref:`streaming <mmap>` I/O method.
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
index 01e630f2ec78..b8ee7dde1cbc 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
@@ -502,7 +502,6 @@ struct v4l2_capability {
#define V4L2_CAP_META_CAPTURE 0x00800000 /* Is a metadata capture device */
#define V4L2_CAP_READWRITE 0x01000000 /* read/write systemcalls */
-#define V4L2_CAP_ASYNCIO 0x02000000 /* async I/O */
#define V4L2_CAP_STREAMING 0x04000000 /* streaming I/O ioctls */
#define V4L2_CAP_META_OUTPUT 0x08000000 /* Is a metadata output device */
@@ -2682,6 +2681,11 @@ struct v4l2_create_buffers {
#ifndef __KERNEL__
#define V4L2_PIX_FMT_HM12 V4L2_PIX_FMT_NV12_16L16
#define V4L2_PIX_FMT_SUNXI_TILED_NV12 V4L2_PIX_FMT_NV12_32L32
+/*
+ * This capability was never implemented, anyone using this cap should drop it
+ * from their code.
+ */
+#define V4L2_CAP_ASYNCIO 0x02000000
#endif
#endif /* _UAPI__LINUX_VIDEODEV2_H */
--
2.35.1
