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diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/libv4l-introduction.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/libv4l-introduction.rst
index e03280b35570..05690f2358ce 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/libv4l-introduction.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/libv4l-introduction.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later
+.. c:namespace:: V4L
.. _libv4l-introduction:
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ An example of using libv4l is provided by
libv4l consists of 3 different libraries:
-
libv4lconvert
=============
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ libv4lconvert/processing. These controls are stored application wide
libv4lconvert/processing offers the actual video processing
functionality.
-
libv4l1
=======
@@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ just pass calls through.
Since those functions are emulations of the old V4L1 API, it shouldn't
be used for new applications.
-
libv4l2
=======
@@ -105,7 +103,6 @@ available in the driver. :ref:`VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT <VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT>`
keeps enumerating the hardware supported formats, plus the emulated
formats offered by libv4l at the end.
-
.. _libv4l-ops:
Libv4l device control functions
@@ -115,17 +112,17 @@ The common file operation methods are provided by libv4l.
Those functions operate just like the gcc function ``dup()`` and
V4L2 functions
-:c:func:`open() <v4l2-open>`, :c:func:`close() <v4l2-close>`,
-:c:func:`ioctl() <v4l2-ioctl>`, :c:func:`read() <v4l2-read>`,
-:c:func:`mmap() <v4l2-mmap>` and :c:func:`munmap() <v4l2-munmap>`:
+:c:func:`open()`, :c:func:`close()`,
+:c:func:`ioctl()`, :c:func:`read()`,
+:c:func:`mmap()` and :c:func:`munmap()`:
.. c:function:: int v4l2_open(const char *file, int oflag, ...)
- operates like the :c:func:`open() <v4l2-open>` function.
+ operates like the :c:func:`open()` function.
.. c:function:: int v4l2_close(int fd)
- operates like the :c:func:`close() <v4l2-close>` function.
+ operates like the :c:func:`close()` function.
.. c:function:: int v4l2_dup(int fd)
@@ -133,19 +130,19 @@ V4L2 functions
.. c:function:: int v4l2_ioctl (int fd, unsigned long int request, ...)
- operates like the :c:func:`ioctl() <v4l2-ioctl>` function.
+ operates like the :c:func:`ioctl()` function.
.. c:function:: int v4l2_read (int fd, void* buffer, size_t n)
- operates like the :c:func:`read() <v4l2-read>` function.
+ operates like the :c:func:`read()` function.
.. c:function:: void v4l2_mmap(void *start, size_t length, int prot, int flags, int fd, int64_t offset);
- operates like the :c:func:`munmap() <v4l2-munmap>` function.
+ operates like the :c:func:`munmap()` function.
.. c:function:: int v4l2_munmap(void *_start, size_t length);
- operates like the :c:func:`munmap() <v4l2-munmap>` function.
+ operates like the :c:func:`munmap()` function.
Those functions provide additional control:
@@ -168,14 +165,13 @@ Those functions provide additional control:
of the given v4l control id. when the cid does not exist, could not be
accessed for some reason, or some error occurred 0 is returned.
-
v4l1compat.so wrapper library
=============================
This library intercepts calls to
-:c:func:`open() <v4l2-open>`, :c:func:`close() <v4l2-close>`,
-:c:func:`ioctl() <v4l2-ioctl>`, :c:func:`mmap() <v4l2-mmap>` and
-:c:func:`munmap() <v4l2-munmap>`
+:c:func:`open()`, :c:func:`close()`,
+:c:func:`ioctl()`, :c:func:`mmap()` and
+:c:func:`munmap()`
operations and redirects them to the libv4l counterparts, by using
``LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/v4l1compat.so``. It also emulates V4L1 calls via V4L2
API.