Documentation for enum v4l2_field did not make it clear that V4L2_FIELD_ANY is only acceptable as input to the kernel, not as a response from the driver. Make it clear, to stop userspace developers like me assuming it can be returned by the driver. Signed-off-by: Simon Farnsworth <simon.farnsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml index e5e8325..8918bb2 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml @@ -1422,7 +1422,10 @@ one of the <constant>V4L2_FIELD_NONE</constant>, <constant>V4L2_FIELD_BOTTOM</constant>, or <constant>V4L2_FIELD_INTERLACED</constant> formats is acceptable. Drivers choose depending on hardware capabilities or e. g. the -requested image size, and return the actual field order. &v4l2-buffer; +requested image size, and return the actual field order. If multiple +field orders are possible the driver must choose one of the possible +field orders during &VIDIOC-S-FMT; or &VIDIOC-TRY-FMT; and must not +return V4L2_FIELD_ANY. &v4l2-buffer; <structfield>field</structfield> can never be <constant>V4L2_FIELD_ANY</constant>.</entry> </row> -- 1.9.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
