Document that sub-device notifiers are now registered using v4l2_async_subdev_nf_init(). No documentation is changed as it seems that sub-device notifiers were not documented apart from kernel-doc comments. Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # imx6qp Tested-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund@xxxxxxxxxxxx> # rcar + adv746x Tested-by: Aishwarya Kothari <aishwarya.kothari@xxxxxxxxxxx> # Apalis i.MX6Q with TC358743 Tested-by: Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.mahadev-lad.rj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # Renesas RZ/G2L SMARC --- Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-subdev.rst | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-subdev.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-subdev.rst index eba5e4468282..e56b50b3f203 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-subdev.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-subdev.rst @@ -218,6 +218,17 @@ available. There may be one or more async connections to a given sub-device but this is not known at the time of adding the connections to the notifier. Async connections are bound as matching async sub-devices are found, one by one. +Asynchronous sub-device notifier for sub-devices +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +A driver that registers an asynchronous sub-device may also register an +asynchronous notifier. This is called an asynchronous sub-device notifier andthe +process is similar to that of a bridge driver apart from that the notifier is +initialised using :c:func:`v4l2_async_subdev_nf_init` instead. A sub-device +notifier may complete only after the V4L2 device becomes available, i.e. there's +a path via async sub-devices and notifiers to a notifier that is not an +asynchronous sub-device notifier. + Asynchronous sub-device registration helper for camera sensor drivers ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -- 2.39.2
