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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-05-18 18:50:03 +0000
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@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ You can unregister a sub-device using:
Afterwards the subdev module can be unloaded and
:c:type:`sd <v4l2_subdev>`->dev == ``NULL``.
+.. _media-registering-async-subdevs:
+
Registering asynchronous sub-devices
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -195,6 +197,11 @@ performed using the :c:func:`v4l2_async_unregister_subdev` call. Subdevices
registered this way are stored in a global list of subdevices, ready to be
picked up by bridge drivers.
+Drivers must complete all initialization of the sub-device before
+registering it using :c:func:`v4l2_async_register_subdev`, including
+enabling runtime PM. This is because the sub-device becomes accessible
+as soon as it gets registered.
+
Asynchronous sub-device notifiers
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -562,8 +569,8 @@ device configuration. This is often implemented as e.g. an array of struct
v4l2_mbus_framefmt, one entry for each pad, and similarly for crop and compose
rectangles.
-In addition to the active configuration, each subdev file handle has an array of
-struct v4l2_subdev_pad_config, managed by the V4L2 core, which contains the try
+In addition to the active configuration, each subdev file handle has a struct
+v4l2_subdev_state, managed by the V4L2 core, which contains the try
configuration.
To simplify the subdev drivers the V4L2 subdev API now optionally supports a