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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>2016-07-08 11:40:06 -0300
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>2016-07-08 11:59:40 -0300
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doc_rst: rename the media Sphinx suff to Documentation/media
The name of the subsystem is "media", and not "linux_tv". Also, as we plan to add other stuff there in the future, let's rename also the media uAPI book to media_uapi, to make it clearer. No functional changes. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
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+.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-
+
+.. _media-func-open:
+
+************
+media open()
+************
+
+Name
+====
+
+media-open - Open a media device
+
+
+Synopsis
+========
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ #include <fcntl.h>
+
+
+.. cpp:function:: int open( const char *device_name, int flags )
+
+
+Arguments
+=========
+
+``device_name``
+ Device to be opened.
+
+``flags``
+ Open flags. Access mode must be either ``O_RDONLY`` or ``O_RDWR``.
+ Other flags have no effect.
+
+
+Description
+===========
+
+To open a media device applications call :ref:`open() <media-func-open>` with the
+desired device name. The function has no side effects; the device
+configuration remain unchanged.
+
+When the device is opened in read-only mode, attempts to modify its
+configuration will result in an error, and ``errno`` will be set to
+EBADF.
+
+
+Return Value
+============
+
+:ref:`open() <func-open>` returns the new file descriptor on success. On error,
+-1 is returned, and ``errno`` is set appropriately. Possible error codes
+are:
+
+EACCES
+ The requested access to the file is not allowed.
+
+EMFILE
+ The process already has the maximum number of files open.
+
+ENFILE
+ The system limit on the total number of open files has been reached.
+
+ENOMEM
+ Insufficient kernel memory was available.
+
+ENXIO
+ No device corresponding to this device special file exists.