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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt index 48cdf86248c..e1620e2a38f 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt @@ -84,12 +84,14 @@ You must register the device instance: v4l2_device_register(struct device *dev, struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev); Registration will initialize the v4l2_device struct and link dev->driver_data -to v4l2_dev. Registration will also set v4l2_dev->name to a value derived from -dev (driver name followed by the bus_id, to be precise). You may change the -name after registration if you want. +to v4l2_dev. If v4l2_dev->name is empty then it will be set to a value derived +from dev (driver name followed by the bus_id, to be precise). If you set it +up before calling v4l2_device_register then it will be untouched. If dev is +NULL, then you *must* setup v4l2_dev->name before calling v4l2_device_register. The first 'dev' argument is normally the struct device pointer of a pci_dev, -usb_device or platform_device. +usb_device or platform_device. It is rare for dev to be NULL, but it happens +with ISA devices, for example. You unregister with: |