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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2025-03-25 21:00:31 -0700
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Merge tag 'media/v6.15-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media
Pull media updates from Mauro Carvalho Chehab: - platform: synopsys: hdmirx: Fix 64-bit division for 32-bit targets - vim2m: print device name after registering device - Synopsys DesignWare HDMI RX Driver and various fixes - cec/printk fixes and the removal of the vidioc_g/s_ctrl and vidioc_queryctrl callbacks - AVerMedia H789-C PCIe support and rc-core structs padding - Several camera sensor patches - uvcvideo improvements - visl: Fix ERANGE error when setting enum controls - codec fixes - V4L2 camera sensor patches mostly - chips-media: wave5: Fixes - Add SDM670 camera subsystem - Qualcomm iris video decoder driver - dt-bindings: update clocks for sc7280-camss - various fixes and enhancements * tag 'media/v6.15-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media: (264 commits) media: pci: mgb4: include linux/errno.h media: synopsys: hdmirx: Fix signedness bug in hdmirx_parse_dt() media: platform: synopsys: hdmirx: Fix 64-bit division for 32-bit targets media: vim2m: print device name after registering device media: vivid: Introduce VIDEO_VIVID_OSD media: vivid: Move all fb_info references into vivid-osd media: platform: synopsys: hdmirx: Optimize struct snps_hdmirx_dev media: platform: synopsys: hdmirx: Remove unused HDMI audio CODEC relics media: platform: synopsys: hdmirx: Remove duplicated header inclusion media: qcom: Clean up Kconfig dependencies media: dvb-frontends: tda10048: Make the range of z explicit. media: platform: stm32: Add check for clk_enable() media: xilinx-tpg: fix double put in xtpg_parse_of() media: siano: Fix error handling in smsdvb_module_init() media: c8sectpfe: Call of_node_put(i2c_bus) only once in c8sectpfe_probe() media: i2c: tda1997x: Call of_node_put(ep) only once in tda1997x_parse_dt() dt-bindings: media: mediatek,vcodec: Revise description dt-bindings: media: mediatek,jpeg: Relax IOMMU max item count media: v4l2-dv-timings: prevent possible overflow in v4l2_detect_gtf() media: rockchip: rga: fix rga offset lookup ...
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/media/tx-rx.rst26
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/media/tx-rx.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/media/tx-rx.rst
index c71003f74b1c..0b8c9cde8ee4 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/media/tx-rx.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/media/tx-rx.rst
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ Link frequency
The :ref:`V4L2_CID_LINK_FREQ <v4l2-cid-link-freq>` control is used to tell the
receiver the frequency of the bus (i.e. it is not the same as the symbol rate).
+Drivers that do not have user-configurable link frequency should report it
+through the ``.get_mbus_config()`` subdev pad operation, in the ``link_freq``
+field of struct v4l2_mbus_config, instead of through controls.
+
+Receiver drivers should use :c:func:`v4l2_get_link_freq` helper to obtain the
+link frequency from the transmitter sub-device.
+
``.enable_streams()`` and ``.disable_streams()`` callbacks
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -58,6 +65,15 @@ to control the transmitter driver's streaming state. These callbacks may not be
called directly, but by using ``v4l2_subdev_enable_streams()`` and
``v4l2_subdev_disable_streams()``.
+Stopping the transmitter
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+A transmitter stops sending the stream of images as a result of
+calling the ``.disable_streams()`` callback. Some transmitters may stop the
+stream at a frame boundary whereas others stop immediately,
+effectively leaving the current frame unfinished. The receiver driver
+should not make assumptions either way, but function properly in both
+cases.
CSI-2 transmitter drivers
-------------------------
@@ -126,13 +142,3 @@ device, so this should be only done when it is needed.
Receiver drivers that do not need explicit LP-11 or LP-111 state setup are
waived from calling the two callbacks.
-
-Stopping the transmitter
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-A transmitter stops sending the stream of images as a result of
-calling the ``.disable_streams()`` callback. Some transmitters may stop the
-stream at a frame boundary whereas others stop immediately,
-effectively leaving the current frame unfinished. The receiver driver
-should not make assumptions either way, but function properly in both
-cases.