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diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-subdev.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-subdev.rst index 161b43f1ce66..225a45fef994 100644 --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-subdev.rst +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-subdev.rst @@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ source pads. .. _subdev-routing: Streams, multiplexed media pads and internal routing ----------------------------------------------------- +==================================================== Simple V4L2 sub-devices do not support multiple, unrelated video streams, and only a single stream can pass through a media link and a media pad. @@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ does not support streams, then only stream 0 of source end may be captured. There may be additional limitations specific to the sink device. Understanding streams -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +--------------------- A stream is a stream of content (e.g. pixel data or metadata) flowing through the media pipeline from a source (e.g. a sensor) towards the final sink (e.g. a @@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ sub-device and a (pad, stream) pair. For sub-devices that do not support multiplexed streams the 'stream' field is always 0. Interaction between routes, streams, formats and selections -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +----------------------------------------------------------- The addition of streams to the V4L2 sub-device interface moves the sub-device formats and selections from pads to (pad, stream) pairs. Besides the @@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ are independent of similar configurations on other streams. This is subject to change in the future. Device types and routing setup -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +------------------------------ Different kinds of sub-devices have differing behaviour for route activation, depending on the hardware. In all cases, however, only routes that have the @@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ called on the sub-device. Such newly created routes have the device's default configuration for format and selection rectangles. Configuring streams -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +------------------- The configuration of the streams is done individually for each sub-device and the validity of the streams between sub-devices is validated when the pipeline @@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ There are three steps in configuring the streams: :ref:`VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_ROUTING <VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_ROUTING>` ioctl. Multiplexed streams setup example -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +--------------------------------- A simple example of a multiplexed stream setup might be as follows: |