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-rw-r--r--Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt7
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diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
index 7d09114af00b..3b15608ee070 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
@@ -577,6 +577,10 @@ You should also set these fields:
577 (cx8802). Since the v4l2_device cannot be associated with a particular 577 (cx8802). Since the v4l2_device cannot be associated with a particular
578 PCI device it is setup without a parent device. But when the struct 578 PCI device it is setup without a parent device. But when the struct
579 video_device is setup you do know which parent PCI device to use. 579 video_device is setup you do know which parent PCI device to use.
580- flags: optional. Set to V4L2_FL_USE_FH_PRIO if you want to let the framework
581 handle the VIDIOC_G/S_PRIORITY ioctls. This requires that you use struct
582 v4l2_fh. Eventually this flag will disappear once all drivers use the core
583 priority handling. But for now it has to be set explicitly.
580 584
581If you use v4l2_ioctl_ops, then you should set .unlocked_ioctl to video_ioctl2 585If you use v4l2_ioctl_ops, then you should set .unlocked_ioctl to video_ioctl2
582in your v4l2_file_operations struct. 586in your v4l2_file_operations struct.
@@ -775,7 +779,8 @@ struct v4l2_fh
775 779
776struct v4l2_fh provides a way to easily keep file handle specific data 780struct v4l2_fh provides a way to easily keep file handle specific data
777that is used by the V4L2 framework. New drivers must use struct v4l2_fh 781that is used by the V4L2 framework. New drivers must use struct v4l2_fh
778since it is also used to implement priority handling (VIDIOC_G/S_PRIORITY). 782since it is also used to implement priority handling (VIDIOC_G/S_PRIORITY)
783if the video_device flag V4L2_FL_USE_FH_PRIO is also set.
779 784
780The users of v4l2_fh (in the V4L2 framework, not the driver) know 785The users of v4l2_fh (in the V4L2 framework, not the driver) know
781whether a driver uses v4l2_fh as its file->private_data pointer by 786whether a driver uses v4l2_fh as its file->private_data pointer by