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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-06-17 13:06:17 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-06-17 13:06:17 +0200 |
| commit | a3d06cc6aa3e765dc2bf98626f87272dcf641dca (patch) | |
| tree | aa3e49b58f08d6c0ea55cdca4fb5e6c8ba6ae333 /Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt | |
| parent | 0990b1c65729012a63e0eeca93aaaafea4e9a064 (diff) | |
| parent | 65795efbd380a832ae508b04dba8f8e53f0b84d9 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'linus' into perfcounters/core
Conflicts:
arch/x86/include/asm/kmap_types.h
include/linux/mm.h
include/asm-generic/kmap_types.h
Merge reason: We crossed changes with kmap_types.h cleanups in mainline.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt index 854808b67fa..d54c1e4c6a9 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt @@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ 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. +You can use v4l2_device_set_name() to set the name based on a driver name and +a driver-global atomic_t instance. This will generate names like ivtv0, ivtv1, +etc. If the name ends with a digit, then it will insert a dash: cx18-0, +cx18-1, etc. This function returns the instance number. + The first 'dev' argument is normally the struct device pointer of a pci_dev, usb_interface or platform_device. It is rare for dev to be NULL, but it happens with ISA devices or when one device creates multiple PCI devices, thus making |