Re: [PATCH] v4l: doc: clarify v4l2_mbus_fmt height definition

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Hi Kieran,

On Mon, Jan 08, 2018 at 02:45:49PM +0000, Kieran Bingham wrote:
> The v4l2_mbus_fmt width and height corresponds directly with the
> v4l2_pix_format definitions, yet the differences in documentation make
> it ambiguous what to do in the event of field heights.
> 
> Clarify this by referencing the v4l2_pix_format which is explicit on the
> matter, and by matching the terminology of 'image height' rather than
> the misleading 'frame height'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/subdev-formats.rst | 6 ++++--
>  include/uapi/linux/v4l2-mediabus.h              | 4 ++--
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/subdev-formats.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/subdev-formats.rst
> index b1eea44550e1..a2a00202b430 100644
> --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/subdev-formats.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/subdev-formats.rst
> @@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ Media Bus Formats
>  
>      * - __u32
>        - ``width``
> -      - Image width, in pixels.
> +      - Image width in pixels. See struct
> +	:c:type:`v4l2_pix_format`.
>      * - __u32
>        - ``height``
> -      - Image height, in pixels.
> +      - Image height in pixels. See struct
> +	:c:type:`v4l2_pix_format`.
>      * - __u32
>        - ``code``
>        - Format code, from enum
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-mediabus.h b/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-mediabus.h
> index 6e20de63ec59..6b34108d0338 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-mediabus.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-mediabus.h
> @@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
>  
>  /**
>   * struct v4l2_mbus_framefmt - frame format on the media bus
> - * @width:	frame width
> - * @height:	frame height
> + * @width:	image width
> + * @height:	image height (see struct v4l2_pix_format)

Hmm. This is the media bus format and it has no direct relation to
v4l2_pix_format. So no, I can't see what would be the point in making such
a reference.

>   * @code:	data format code (from enum v4l2_mbus_pixelcode)
>   * @field:	used interlacing type (from enum v4l2_field)
>   * @colorspace:	colorspace of the data (from enum v4l2_colorspace)

-- 
Regards,

Sakari Ailus
e-mail: sakari.ailus@xxxxxx



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