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-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/pixfmt.xml25
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fbuf.xml12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml6
5 files changed, 41 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/media/Makefile
index 639e74857968..df2962d9e11e 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/Makefile
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ FILENAME = \
DOCUMENTED = \
-e "s/\(enum *\)v4l2_mpeg_cx2341x_video_\([a-z]*_spatial_filter_type\)/\1<link linkend=\"\2\">v4l2_mpeg_cx2341x_video_\2<\/link>/g" \
-e "s/\(\(enum\|struct\) *\)\(v4l2_[a-zA-Z0-9_]*\)/\1<link linkend=\"\3\">\3<\/link>/g" \
- -e "s/\(V4L2_PIX_FMT_[A-Z0-9_]\+\) /<link linkend=\"\1\">\1<\/link> /g" \
+ -e "s/\(V4L2_PIX_FMT_[A-Z0-9_]\+\)\(\s\+v4l2_fourcc\)/<link linkend=\"\1\">\1<\/link>\2/g" \
-e ":a;s/\(linkend=\".*\)_\(.*\">\)/\1-\2/;ta" \
-e "s/v4l2\-mpeg\-vbi\-ITV0/v4l2-mpeg-vbi-itv0-1/g"
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/pixfmt.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/pixfmt.xml
index 91dcbc84f3f8..bb36b3829cf9 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/pixfmt.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/pixfmt.xml
@@ -112,9 +112,28 @@ see <xref linkend="colorspaces" />.</entry>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>priv</structfield></entry>
- <entry>Reserved for custom (driver defined) additional
-information about formats. When not used drivers and applications must
-set this field to zero.</entry>
+ <entry><para>This field indicates whether the remaining fields of the
+<structname>v4l2_pix_format</structname> structure, also called the extended
+fields, are valid. When set to <constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_PRIV_MAGIC</constant>, it
+indicates that the extended fields have been correctly initialized. When set to
+any other value it indicates that the extended fields contain undefined values.
+</para>
+<para>Applications that wish to use the pixel format extended fields must first
+ensure that the feature is supported by querying the device for the
+<link linkend="querycap"><constant>V4L2_CAP_EXT_PIX_FORMAT</constant></link>
+capability. If the capability isn't set the pixel format extended fields are not
+supported and using the extended fields will lead to undefined results.</para>
+<para>To use the extended fields, applications must set the
+<structfield>priv</structfield> field to
+<constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_PRIV_MAGIC</constant>, initialize all the extended fields
+and zero the unused bytes of the <structname>v4l2_format</structname>
+<structfield>raw_data</structfield> field.</para>
+<para>When the <structfield>priv</structfield> field isn't set to
+<constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_PRIV_MAGIC</constant> drivers must act as if all the
+extended fields were set to zero. On return drivers must set the
+<structfield>priv</structfield> field to
+<constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_PRIV_MAGIC</constant> and all the extended fields to
+applicable values.</para></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
index b445161b912c..d0a48bebfa52 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
@@ -152,6 +152,14 @@ structs, ioctls) must be noted in more detail in the history chapter
applications. -->
<revision>
+ <revnumber>3.16</revnumber>
+ <date>2014-05-27</date>
+ <authorinitials>lp</authorinitials>
+ <revremark>Extended &v4l2-pix-format;.
+ </revremark>
+ </revision>
+
+ <revision>
<revnumber>3.15</revnumber>
<date>2014-02-03</date>
<authorinitials>hv, ap</authorinitials>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fbuf.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fbuf.xml
index 7c63815e7afd..20460730b02c 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fbuf.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fbuf.xml
@@ -152,13 +152,10 @@ a valid base address, so applications can find the corresponding Linux
framebuffer device (see <xref linkend="osd" />).</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>&v4l2-pix-format;</entry>
+ <entry>struct</entry>
<entry><structfield>fmt</structfield></entry>
<entry></entry>
- <entry>Layout of the frame buffer. The
-<structname>v4l2_pix_format</structname> structure is defined in <xref
-linkend="pixfmt" />, for clarification the fields and acceptable values
- are listed below:</entry>
+ <entry>Layout of the frame buffer.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry></entry>
@@ -276,9 +273,8 @@ see <xref linkend="colorspaces" />.</entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>priv</structfield></entry>
- <entry>Reserved for additional information about custom
-(driver defined) formats. When not used drivers and applications must
-set this field to zero.</entry>
+ <entry>Reserved. Drivers and applications must set this field to
+zero.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml
index 370d49d6fb64..d0c5e604f014 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml
@@ -302,6 +302,12 @@ modulator programming see
<link linkend="sdr">SDR Capture</link> interface.</entry>
</row>
<row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_CAP_EXT_PIX_FORMAT</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0x00200000</entry>
+ <entry>The device supports the &v4l2-pix-format; extended
+fields.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
<entry><constant>V4L2_CAP_READWRITE</constant></entry>
<entry>0x01000000</entry>
<entry>The device supports the <link