From c1fcd68e7bd45d518aa38b63400c41f91c193cba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hans Verkuil Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 08:50:04 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: media: improve V4L2_CID_MIN_BUFFERS_FOR_*, doc Clearly state that the V4L2_CID_MIN_BUFFERS_FOR_OUTPUT and V4L2_CID_MIN_BUFFERS_FOR_CAPTURE controls are required for stateful codecs. Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart --- Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/control.rst | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/control.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/control.rst index 57893814a1e5..9253cc946f02 100644 --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/control.rst +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/control.rst @@ -290,13 +290,15 @@ Control IDs This is a read-only control that can be read by the application and used as a hint to determine the number of CAPTURE buffers to pass to REQBUFS. The value is the minimum number of CAPTURE buffers that is - necessary for hardware to work. + necessary for hardware to work. This control is required for stateful + decoders. ``V4L2_CID_MIN_BUFFERS_FOR_OUTPUT`` ``(integer)`` This is a read-only control that can be read by the application and used as a hint to determine the number of OUTPUT buffers to pass to REQBUFS. The value is the minimum number of OUTPUT buffers that is - necessary for hardware to work. + necessary for hardware to work. This control is required for stateful + encoders. .. _v4l2-alpha-component: