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[v1,2/3] media: Documentation/driver-api: Document device name

Message ID 20220920-resend-meta-v1-2-dfcfba923204@chromium.org
State New
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Series Add Meta: to Metadata devices | expand

Commit Message

Ricardo Ribalda Sept. 20, 2022, 2:09 p.m. UTC 
Document how the name of the metadata devices is modified.

Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@chromium.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-dev.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-dev.rst
index 99e3b5fa7444..935a46e29c5e 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-dev.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/media/v4l2-dev.rst
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@  You should also set these fields of :c:type:`video_device`:
 - :c:type:`video_device`->v4l2_dev: must be set to the :c:type:`v4l2_device`
   parent device.
 
-- :c:type:`video_device`->name: set to something descriptive and unique.
+- :c:type:`video_device`->name: set to something descriptive and unique. If the
+  device has the `V4L2_CAP_META_CAPTURE` or `V4L2_CAP_META_OUTPUT` capabilities,
+  the string `Meta:` will be inserted before the original name.
 
 - :c:type:`video_device`->vfl_dir: set this to ``VFL_DIR_RX`` for capture
   devices (``VFL_DIR_RX`` has value 0, so this is normally already the