On 25/08/17 14:52, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Right now, only kAPI documentation describes the device naming.
> However, such description is needed at the uAPI too. Add it,
> and describe how to get an unique identify for a given device.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mche...@s-opensource.com>
> ---
> Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/open.rst | 40
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/open.rst
> b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/open.rst
> index afd116edb40d..9b98d10d5153 100644
> --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/open.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/open.rst
> @@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ Opening and Closing Devices
> ***************************
>
>
> -Device Naming
> -=============
> +V4L2 Device Node Naming
> +=======================
>
> V4L2 drivers are implemented as kernel modules, loaded manually by the
> system administrator or automatically when a device is first discovered.
> -The driver modules plug into the "videodev" kernel module. It provides
> +The driver modules plug into the ``videodev`` kernel module. It provides
> helper functions and a common application interface specified in this
> document.
>
> @@ -20,8 +20,38 @@ Each driver thus loaded registers one or more device nodes
> with major
> number 81 and a minor number between 0 and 255. Minor numbers are
> allocated dynamically unless the kernel is compiled with the kernel
> option CONFIG_VIDEO_FIXED_MINOR_RANGES. In that case minor numbers
> -are allocated in ranges depending on the device node type (video, radio,
> -etc.).
> +are allocated in ranges depending on the device node type.
> +
> +The existing V4L2 device node types are:
> +
> +========================
> ======================================================
> +Default device node name Usage
> +========================
> ======================================================
> +``/dev/videoX`` Video input/output devices
> +``/dev/vbiX`` Vertical blank data (i.e. closed captions,
> teletext)
> +``/dev/radioX`` Radio tuners
add: and modulators.
> +``/dev/swradioX`` Software Defined Radio tuners
Ditto.
> +``/dev/v4l-touchX`` Touch sensors
> +========================
> ======================================================
> +
> +Where ``X`` is a non-negative number.
> +
> +.. note::
> +
> + 1. The actual device node name is system-dependent, as udev rules may
> apply.
> + 2. There's not warranty that ``X`` will remain the same for the same
"There is no"
> + device, as the number depends on the device driver's probe order.
> + If you need an unique name, udev default rules produce
> + ``/dev/v4l/by-id/`` and ``/dev/v4l/by-path/`` that can use to uniquelly
``/dev/v4l/by-id/`` and ``/dev/v4l/by-path/`` directories containing links
that be can used to uniquely
> + identify a V4L2 device node::
> +
> + $ tree /dev/v4l
> + /dev/v4l
> + ├── by-id
> + │ └── usb-OmniVision._USB_Camera-B4.04.27.1-video-index0 ->
> ../../video0
> + └── by-path
> + └── pci-0000:00:14.0-usb-0:2:1.0-video-index0 -> ../../video0
> +
>
> Many drivers support "video_nr", "radio_nr" or "vbi_nr" module
> options to select specific video/radio/vbi node numbers. This allows the
>
With these changes:
Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verk...@cisco.com>
Thanks!
Hans
