V4L/DVB (11671): v4l2: add v4l2_device_set_name()

Add a utility function that can be used to setup the v4l2_device's name
field in a standard manner.

Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
index 854808b67fae..d54c1e4c6a9c 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ from dev (driver name followed by the bus_id, to be precise). If you set it
 up before calling v4l2_device_register then it will be untouched. If dev is
 NULL, then you *must* setup v4l2_dev->name before calling v4l2_device_register.
 
+You can use v4l2_device_set_name() to set the name based on a driver name and
+a driver-global atomic_t instance. This will generate names like ivtv0, ivtv1,
+etc. If the name ends with a digit, then it will insert a dash: cx18-0,
+cx18-1, etc. This function returns the instance number.
+
 The first 'dev' argument is normally the struct device pointer of a pci_dev,
 usb_interface or platform_device. It is rare for dev to be NULL, but it happens
 with ISA devices or when one device creates multiple PCI devices, thus making