Improve the documentation to let it clear that the entity function
must be initialized.
Suggested-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinch...@ideasonboard.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mche...@osg.samsung.com>
---
include/media/media-device.h | 4 ++++
include/uapi/linux/media.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/media/media-device.h b/include/media/media-device.h
index 7cfcc08a09ea..3448ad6320c4 100644
--- a/include/media/media-device.h
+++ b/include/media/media-device.h
@@ -423,6 +423,10 @@ void media_device_unregister(struct media_device *mdev);
* %MEDIA_ENT_FL_DEFAULT indicates the default entity for a given type.
* This can be used to report the default audio and video devices or the
* default camera sensor.
+ *
+ * NOTE: Drivers should set the entity function before calling this function.
+ * Please notice that the values %MEDIA_ENT_F_V4L2_SUBDEV_UNKNOWN and
+ * %MEDIA_ENT_F_UNKNOWN should not be used by the drivers.
*/
int __must_check media_device_register_entity(struct media_device *mdev,
struct media_entity *entity);
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/media.h b/include/uapi/linux/media.h
index ff6a8010c520..8d8e1a3e6e1a 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/media.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/media.h
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ struct media_device_info {
*
* Subdevs are initialized with MEDIA_ENT_T_V4L2_SUBDEV_UNKNOWN,
* in order to preserve backward compatibility.
- * Drivers should change to the proper subdev type before
+ * Drivers must change to the proper subdev type before
* registering the entity.
*/
--
2.5.0
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