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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2020-08-07 22:00:53 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2020-08-07 22:00:53 +0200
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parentMerge tag 'mailbox-v5.9' of git://git.linaro.org/landing-teams/working/fujits... (diff)
parentmedia: camss: fix memory leaks on error handling paths in probe (diff)
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Merge tag 'media/v5.9-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media
Pull media updates from Mauro Carvalho Chehab: - Legacy soc_camera driver was removed from staging - New I2C sensor related drivers: dw9768, ch7322, max9271, rdacm20 - TI vpe driver code was re-organized and had new features added - Added Xilinx MIPI CSI-2 Rx Subsystem driver - Added support for Infrared Toy and IR Droid devices - Lots of random driver fixes, new features and cleanups * tag 'media/v5.9-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media: (318 commits) media: camss: fix memory leaks on error handling paths in probe media: davinci: vpif_capture: fix potential double free media: radio: remove redundant assignment to variable retval media: allegro: fix potential null dereference on header media: mtk-mdp: Fix a refcounting bug on error in init media: allegro: fix an error pointer vs NULL check media: meye: fix missing pm_mchip_mode field media: cafe-driver: use generic power management media: saa7164: use generic power management media: v4l2-dev/ioctl: Fix document for VIDIOC_QUERYCAP media: v4l2: Correct kernel-doc inconsistency media: v4l2: Correct kernel-doc inconsistency media: dvbdev.h: keep * together with the type media: v4l2-subdev.h: keep * together with the type media: videobuf2: Print videobuf2 buffer state by name media: colorspaces-details.rst: fix V4L2_COLORSPACE_JPEG description media: tw68: use generic power management media: meye: use generic power management media: cx88: use generic power management media: cx25821: use generic power management ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide/media')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/media/fimc.rst6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/media/vivid.rst9
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/media/fimc.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/fimc.rst
index 0b8ddc4a3008..56b149d9a527 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/media/fimc.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/fimc.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
.. include:: <isonum.txt>
-The Samsung S5P/EXYNOS4 FIMC driver
+The Samsung S5P/Exynos4 FIMC driver
===================================
Copyright |copy| 2012 - 2013 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ drivers/media/platform/exynos4-is directory.
Supported SoCs
--------------
-S5PC100 (mem-to-mem only), S5PV210, EXYNOS4210
+S5PC100 (mem-to-mem only), S5PV210, Exynos4210
Supported features
------------------
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Media device interface
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The driver supports Media Controller API as defined at :ref:`media_controller`.
-The media device driver name is "SAMSUNG S5P FIMC".
+The media device driver name is "Samsung S5P FIMC".
The purpose of this interface is to allow changing assignment of FIMC instances
to the SoC peripheral camera input at runtime and optionally to control internal
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/media/vivid.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/vivid.rst
index 52e57b773f07..6d7175f96f74 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/media/vivid.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/vivid.rst
@@ -293,6 +293,15 @@ all configurable using the following module options:
- 0: vmalloc
- 1: dma-contig
+- cache_hints:
+
+ specifies if the device should set queues' user-space cache and memory
+ consistency hint capability (V4L2_BUF_CAP_SUPPORTS_MMAP_CACHE_HINTS).
+ The hints are valid only when using MMAP streaming I/O. Default is 0.
+
+ - 0: forbid hints
+ - 1: allow hints
+
Taken together, all these module options allow you to precisely customize
the driver behavior and test your application with all sorts of permutations.
It is also very suitable to emulate hardware that is not yet available, e.g.