Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media

Pull media updates from Mauro Carvalho Chehab:
 - some V4L2 API updates needed by embedded devices
 - DVB API extensions for ATSC-MH delivery system, used in US for mobile
   TV
 - new tuners for fc0011/0012/0013 and tua9001
 - a new dvb driver for af9033/9035
 - a new ATSC-MH frontend (lg2160)
 - new remote controller keymaps
 - Removal of a few legacy webcam driver that got replaced by gspca on
   several kernel versions ago
 - a new driver for Exynos 4/5 webcams(s5pp fimc-lite)
 - a new webcam sensor driver (smiapp)
 - a new video input driver for embedded (sta2x1xx)
 - several improvements, fixes, cleanups, etc inside the drivers.

Manually fix up conflicts due to err() -> dev_err() conversion in
drivers/staging/media/easycap/easycap_main.c

* 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media: (484 commits)
  [media] saa7134-cards: Remove a PCI entry added by mistake
  [media] radio-sf16fmi: add support for SF16-FMD
  [media] rc-loopback: remove duplicate line
  [media] patch for Asus My Cinema PS3-100 (1043:48cd)
  [media] au0828: Move the Kconfig knob under V4L_USB_DRIVERS
  [media] em28xx: simple comment fix
  [media] [resend] radio-sf16fmr2: add PnP support for SF16-FMD2
  [media] smiapp: Use v4l2_ctrl_new_int_menu() instead of v4l2_ctrl_new_custom()
  [media] smiapp: Add support for 8-bit uncompressed formats
  [media] smiapp: Allow generic quirk registers
  [media] smiapp: Use non-binning limits if the binning limit is zero
  [media] smiapp: Initialise rval in smiapp_read_nvm()
  [media] smiapp: Round minimum pre_pll up rather than down in ip_clk_freq check
  [media] smiapp: Use 8-bit reads only before identifying the sensor
  [media] smiapp: Quirk for sensors that only do 8-bit reads
  [media] smiapp: Pass struct sensor to register writing commands instead of i2c_client
  [media] smiapp: Allow using external clock from the clock framework
  [media] zl10353: change .read_snr() to report SNR as a 0.1 dB
  [media] media: add support to gspca/pac7302.c for 093a:2627 (Genius FaceCam 300)
  [media] m88rs2000 - only flip bit 2 on reg 0x70 on 16th try
  ...

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/media-framework.txt b/Documentation/media-framework.txt
index 3a0f879533ce..802875413873 100644
--- a/Documentation/media-framework.txt
+++ b/Documentation/media-framework.txt
@@ -335,6 +335,9 @@ the media_entity pipe field.
 Calls to media_entity_pipeline_start() can be nested. The pipeline pointer must
 be identical for all nested calls to the function.
 
+media_entity_pipeline_start() may return an error. In that case, it will
+clean up any the changes it did by itself.
+
 When stopping the stream, drivers must notify the entities with
 
         media_entity_pipeline_stop(struct media_entity *entity);
@@ -351,3 +354,19 @@ If other operations need to be disallowed on streaming entities (such as
 changing entities configuration parameters) drivers can explicitly check the
 media_entity stream_count field to find out if an entity is streaming. This
 operation must be done with the media_device graph_mutex held.
+
+
+Link validation
+---------------
+
+Link validation is performed by media_entity_pipeline_start() for any
+entity which has sink pads in the pipeline. The
+media_entity::link_validate() callback is used for that purpose. In
+link_validate() callback, entity driver should check that the properties of
+the source pad of the connected entity and its own sink pad match. It is up
+to the type of the entity (and in the end, the properties of the hardware)
+what matching actually means.
+
+Subsystems should facilitate link validation by providing subsystem specific
+helper functions to provide easy access for commonly needed information, and
+in the end provide a way to use driver-specific callbacks.