[media] v4l: Make v4l2_subdev inherit from media_entity

V4L2 subdevices are media entities. As such they need to inherit from
(include) the media_entity structure.

When registering/unregistering the subdevice, the media entity is
automatically registered/unregistered. The entity is acquired on device
open and released on device close.

Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@iki.fi>
Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
index 062708169def..77d96f4e3f50 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
@@ -268,6 +268,26 @@ A sub-device driver initializes the v4l2_subdev struct using:
 Afterwards you need to initialize subdev->name with a unique name and set the
 module owner. This is done for you if you use the i2c helper functions.
 
+If integration with the media framework is needed, you must initialize the
+media_entity struct embedded in the v4l2_subdev struct (entity field) by
+calling media_entity_init():
+
+        struct media_pad *pads = &my_sd->pads;
+        int err;
+
+        err = media_entity_init(&sd->entity, npads, pads, 0);
+
+The pads array must have been previously initialized. There is no need to
+manually set the struct media_entity type and name fields, but the revision
+field must be initialized if needed.
+
+A reference to the entity will be automatically acquired/released when the
+subdev device node (if any) is opened/closed.
+
+Don't forget to cleanup the media entity before the sub-device is destroyed:
+
+        media_entity_cleanup(&sd->entity);
+
 A device (bridge) driver needs to register the v4l2_subdev with the
 v4l2_device:
 
@@ -277,6 +297,9 @@ This can fail if the subdev module disappeared before it could be registered.
 After this function was called successfully the subdev->dev field points to
 the v4l2_device.
 
+If the v4l2_device parent device has a non-NULL mdev field, the sub-device
+entity will be automatically registered with the media device.
+
 You can unregister a sub-device using:
 
         v4l2_device_unregister_subdev(sd);