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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2020-06-04 06:59:38 +0300
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Merge tag 'media/v5.8-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media
Pull media updates from Mauro Carvalho Chehab: - Media documentation is now split into admin-guide, driver-api and userspace-api books (a longstanding request from Jon); - The media Kconfig was reorganized, in order to make easier to select drivers and their dependencies; - The testing drivers now has a separate directory; - added a new driver for Rockchip Video Decoder IP; - The atomisp staging driver was resurrected. It is meant to work with 4 generations of cameras on Atom-based laptops, tablets and cell phones. So, it seems worth investing time to cleanup this driver and making it in good shape. - Added some V4L2 core ancillary routines to help with h264 codecs; - Added an ov2740 image sensor driver; - The si2157 gained support for Analog TV, which, in turn, added support for some cx231xx and cx23885 boards to also support analog standards; - Added some V4L2 controls (V4L2_CID_CAMERA_ORIENTATION and V4L2_CID_CAMERA_SENSOR_ROTATION) to help identifying where the camera is located at the device; - VIDIOC_ENUM_FMT was extended to support MC-centric devices; - Lots of drivers improvements and cleanups. * tag 'media/v5.8-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media: (503 commits) media: Documentation: media: Refer to mbus format documentation from CSI-2 docs media: s5k5baf: Replace zero-length array with flexible-array media: i2c: imx219: Drop <linux/clk-provider.h> and <linux/clkdev.h> media: i2c: Add ov2740 image sensor driver media: ov8856: Implement sensor module revision identification media: ov8856: Add devicetree support media: dt-bindings: ov8856: Document YAML bindings media: dvb-usb: Add Cinergy S2 PCIe Dual Port support media: dvbdev: Fix tuner->demod media controller link media: dt-bindings: phy: phy-rockchip-dphy-rx0: move rockchip dphy rx0 bindings out of staging media: staging: dt-bindings: phy-rockchip-dphy-rx0: remove non-used reg property media: atomisp: unify the version for isp2401 a0 and b0 versions media: atomisp: update TODO with the current data media: atomisp: adjust some code at sh_css that could be broken media: atomisp: don't produce errs for ignored IRQs media: atomisp: print IRQ when debugging media: atomisp: isp_mmu: don't use kmem_cache media: atomisp: add a notice about possible leak resources media: atomisp: disable the dynamic and reserved pools media: atomisp: turn on camera before setting it ...
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+.. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
+.. document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
+.. Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software
+.. Foundation, with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts
+.. and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included at
+.. Documentation/userspace-api/media/fdl-appendix.rst.
+..
+.. TODO: replace it to GFDL-1.1-or-later WITH no-invariant-sections
+
+.. _cec-intro:
+
+Introduction
+============
+
+HDMI connectors provide a single pin for use by the Consumer Electronics
+Control protocol. This protocol allows different devices connected by an
+HDMI cable to communicate. The protocol for CEC version 1.4 is defined
+in supplements 1 (CEC) and 2 (HEAC or HDMI Ethernet and Audio Return
+Channel) of the HDMI 1.4a (:ref:`hdmi`) specification and the
+extensions added to CEC version 2.0 are defined in chapter 11 of the
+HDMI 2.0 (:ref:`hdmi2`) specification.
+
+The bitrate is very slow (effectively no more than 36 bytes per second)
+and is based on the ancient AV.link protocol used in old SCART
+connectors. The protocol closely resembles a crazy Rube Goldberg
+contraption and is an unholy mix of low and high level messages. Some
+messages, especially those part of the HEAC protocol layered on top of
+CEC, need to be handled by the kernel, others can be handled either by
+the kernel or by userspace.
+
+In addition, CEC can be implemented in HDMI receivers, transmitters and
+in USB devices that have an HDMI input and an HDMI output and that
+control just the CEC pin.
+
+Drivers that support CEC will create a CEC device node (/dev/cecX) to
+give userspace access to the CEC adapter. The
+:ref:`CEC_ADAP_G_CAPS` ioctl will tell userspace what it is allowed to do.
+
+In order to check the support and test it, it is suggested to download
+the `v4l-utils <https://git.linuxtv.org/v4l-utils.git/>`_ package. It
+provides three tools to handle CEC:
+
+- cec-ctl: the Swiss army knife of CEC. Allows you to configure, transmit
+ and monitor CEC messages.
+
+- cec-compliance: does a CEC compliance test of a remote CEC device to
+ determine how compliant the CEC implementation is.
+
+- cec-follower: emulates a CEC follower.