[media] v4l: Make v4l2_subdev inherit from media_entity

[mirror_ubuntu-bionic-kernel.git] / Documentation / video4linux / v4l2-framework.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
index 062708169defdebef28e8e6f23000caa212de806..77d96f4e3f50aa395d2603fdd73468c8c896a3c8 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
@@ -268,6 +268,26 @@ A sub-device driver initializes the v4l2_subdev struct using:
 Afterwards you need to initialize subdev->name with a unique name and set the
 module owner. This is done for you if you use the i2c helper functions.
 
+If integration with the media framework is needed, you must initialize the
+media_entity struct embedded in the v4l2_subdev struct (entity field) by
+calling media_entity_init():
+
+       struct media_pad *pads = &my_sd->pads;
+       int err;
+
+       err = media_entity_init(&sd->entity, npads, pads, 0);
+
+The pads array must have been previously initialized. There is no need to
+manually set the struct media_entity type and name fields, but the revision
+field must be initialized if needed.
+
+A reference to the entity will be automatically acquired/released when the
+subdev device node (if any) is opened/closed.
+
+Don't forget to cleanup the media entity before the sub-device is destroyed:
+
+       media_entity_cleanup(&sd->entity);
+
 A device (bridge) driver needs to register the v4l2_subdev with the
 v4l2_device:
 
@@ -277,6 +297,9 @@ This can fail if the subdev module disappeared before it could be registered.
 After this function was called successfully the subdev->dev field points to
 the v4l2_device.
 
+If the v4l2_device parent device has a non-NULL mdev field, the sub-device
+entity will be automatically registered with the media device.
+
 You can unregister a sub-device using:
 
        v4l2_device_unregister_subdev(sd);