Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933724AbdHYPNk (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Aug 2017 11:13:40 -0400 Received: from ec2-52-27-115-49.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com ([52.27.115.49]:50719 "EHLO osg.samsung.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933580AbdHYPMF (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Aug 2017 11:12:05 -0400 X-Amavis-Alert: BAD HEADER SECTION, Duplicate header field: "References" From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab To: Linux Doc Mailing List , Linux Media Mailing List Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet Subject: [PATCH v3 3/7] media: open.rst: remove the minor number range Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 12:11:53 -0300 Message-Id: <4c53c2f40dde4e2a082cea39824bfdd93092311c.1503673702.git.mchehab@s-opensource.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.13.3 In-Reply-To: References: In-Reply-To: References: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1455 Lines: 35 minor numbers use to range between 0 to 255, but that was changed a long time ago. While it still applies when CONFIG_VIDEO_FIXED_MINOR_RANGES, when the minor number is dynamically allocated, this may not be true. In any case, this is not relevant, as udev will take care of it. So, remove this useless misinformation. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --- Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/open.rst | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/open.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/open.rst index e7160f667499..20f9fe29479b 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/open.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/open.rst @@ -19,11 +19,10 @@ helper functions and a common application interface specified in this document. Each driver thus loaded registers one or more device nodes with major -number 81 and a minor number between 0 and 255. Minor numbers are -allocated dynamically unless the kernel is compiled with the kernel -option CONFIG_VIDEO_FIXED_MINOR_RANGES. In that case minor numbers -are allocated in ranges depending on the device node type (video, radio, -etc.). +number 81. Minor numbers are allocated dynamically unless the kernel +is compiled with the kernel option CONFIG_VIDEO_FIXED_MINOR_RANGES. +In that case minor numbers are allocated in ranges depending on the +device node type. The existing V4L2 device node types are: -- 2.13.3