From: Sakari Ailus Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2023 11:51:30 +0000 (+0300) Subject: media: Documentation: Additional streams generally don't harm capture X-Git-Url: http://git.maquefel.me/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=744910906d3010253ac283769f9e47c47136a05a;p=linux.git media: Documentation: Additional streams generally don't harm capture Having extra streams on the source end of the link that cannot be captured by the sink sub-device generally are not an issue, at least not on CSI-2 bus. Still document that there may be hardware-specific limitations. For example on parallel bus this might not work on all cases. Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus Reviewed-by: Tomi Valkeinen Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil --- diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-subdev.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-subdev.rst index f375b820ab68e..b76e02e545125 100644 --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-subdev.rst +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/dev-subdev.rst @@ -529,9 +529,9 @@ the its sink pad and allows to route them individually to one of its source pads. Subdevice drivers that support multiplexed streams are compatible with -non-multiplexed subdev drivers, but, of course, require a routing configuration -where the link between those two types of drivers contains only a single -stream. +non-multiplexed subdev drivers. However, if the driver at the sink end of a link +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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^