[PATCH 3/6] media: docs: Add V4L2_CAP_EDID
From: Hans Verkuil <hidden>
Date: 2024-08-09 08:13:16
Also in:
linux-media
Subsystem:
media input infrastructure (v4l/dvb), the rest · Maintainers:
Mauro Carvalho Chehab, Linus Torvalds
From: Erling Ljunggren <redacted> Add documentation for the new edid capability. Signed-off-by: Erling Ljunggren <redacted> Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <redacted> --- Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/biblio.rst | 11 +++++++++++ .../userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.rst | 11 +++++++++++ .../userspace-api/media/videodev2.h.rst.exceptions | 1 + 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/biblio.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/biblio.rst
index 72aef1759b60..35674eeae20d 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/biblio.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/biblio.rst@@ -334,6 +334,17 @@ VESA DMT :author: Video Electronics Standards Association (http://www.vesa.org) +.. _vesaeddc: + +E-DDC +===== + + +:title: VESA Enhanced Display Data Channel (E-DDC) Standard +:subtitle: Version 1.3 + +:author: Video Electronics Standards Association (http://www.vesa.org) + .. _vesaedid: EDID
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.rst
index 6c57b8428356..3d11d86d9cbf 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.rst@@ -244,6 +244,17 @@ specification the ioctl returns an ``EINVAL`` error code. - 0x01000000 - The device supports the :c:func:`read()` and/or :c:func:`write()` I/O methods. + * - ``V4L2_CAP_EDID`` + - 0x02000000 + - The device stores the EDID for a video input, or retrieves the EDID for a video + output. It is a standalone EDID device, so no video streaming etc. will take place. + + For a video input this is typically an eeprom that supports the + :ref:`VESA Enhanced Display Data Channel Standard <vesaeddc>`. It can be something + else as well, for example a micro controller. + + For a video output this is typically read from an external device such as an + HDMI splitter accessed by a serial port. * - ``V4L2_CAP_STREAMING`` - 0x04000000 - The device supports the :ref:`streaming <mmap>` I/O method.
diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/videodev2.h.rst.exceptions b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/videodev2.h.rst.exceptions
index bdc628e8c1d6..d67fd4038d22 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/videodev2.h.rst.exceptions
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/videodev2.h.rst.exceptions@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ replace define V4L2_CAP_META_OUTPUT device-capabilities replace define V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS device-capabilities replace define V4L2_CAP_TOUCH device-capabilities replace define V4L2_CAP_IO_MC device-capabilities +replace define V4L2_CAP_EDID device-capabilities # V4L2 pix flags replace define V4L2_PIX_FMT_PRIV_MAGIC :c:type:`v4l2_pix_format`
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