Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754665AbdHZLxj (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Aug 2017 07:53:39 -0400 Received: from ec2-52-27-115-49.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com ([52.27.115.49]:53596 "EHLO osg.samsung.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752183AbdHZLxf (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Aug 2017 07:53:35 -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 , Hans Verkuil , Ricardo Ribalda Delgado Subject: [PATCH v4 1/7] media: add glossary.rst with a glossary of terms used at V4L2 spec Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 08:53:19 -0300 Message-Id: X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.13.3 In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3791 Lines: 128 Add a glossary of terms for V4L2, as several concepts are complex enough to cause misunderstandings. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --- Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/glossary.rst | 98 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/v4l2.rst | 1 + 2 files changed, 99 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/glossary.rst diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/glossary.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/glossary.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e55cd357dad3 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/glossary.rst @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +======== +Glossary +======== + +.. note:: + + This goal of section is to standardize the terms used within the V4L2 + documentation. It is written incrementally as they're standardized at + the V4L2 documentation. So, it is an incomplete Work In Progress. + +.. Please keep the glossary entries in alphabetical order + +.. glossary:: + + Bridge driver + The same as V4L2 main driver. + + Device Node + A character device node at the file system used to control and do + input/output data transfers to a Kernel driver. + + Driver + The part of the Linux Kernel that implements support + for a hardware component. + + Inter-Integrated Circuit - I²C + A multi-master, multi-slave, packet switched, single-ended, + serial computer bus used to control V4L2 sub-devices + + Hardware component + a subset of the media hardware. + + Hardware peripheral + A group of hardware components that together make a larger + user-facing functional peripheral. For instance the SoC ISP IP + cores and external camera sensors together make a + camera hardware peripheral. + Also known as peripheral. + + Hardware peripheral control + Type of control that it is possible for a V4L2 hardware peripheral. + + See :ref:`v4l2_hardware_control`. + + Peripheral + The same as hardware peripheral. + + Media Controller + An API used to identify the hardware components. + + See :ref:`media_controller`. + + MC-centric + V4L2 hardware that requires a Media controller to be controlled. + + See :ref:`v4l2_hardware_control`. + + SMBus + A subset of I²C, with defines a stricter usage of the bus. + + Serial Peripheral Interface Bus - SPI + Synchronous serial communication interface specification used for + short distance communication, primarily in embedded systems. + + Sub-device hardware components + hardware components that aren't controlled by the + V4L2 main driver. + + V4L2 device node + A device node that it is associated to a V4L2 main driver, + as specified at :ref:`v4l2_device_naming`. + + V4L2 hardware + A hardware used to on a media device supported by the V4L2 + subsystem. + + V4L2 hardware control + The type of hardware control that a device supports. + + See :ref:`v4l2_hardware_control`. + + V4L2 main driver + The V4L2 device driver that implements the main logic to talk with + the V4L2 hardware. + Also known as bridge driver. + + See :ref:`v4l2_hardware_control`. + + V4L2 sub-device + part of the media hardware that it is implemented by a device + driver that is not part of the main V4L2 driver. + + See :ref:`subdev`. + + Vdev-centric + V4L2 hardware that it is controlled via V4L2 device nodes. + + See :ref:`v4l2_hardware_control`. diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/v4l2.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/v4l2.rst index f52a11c949d3..1ee4b86d18e1 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/v4l2.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/v4l2.rst @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ This part describes the Video for Linux API version 2 (V4L2 API) specification. videodev capture-example v4l2grab-example + glossary biblio -- 2.13.3