V4L/DVB (9974): v4l2-dev: allow drivers to pass v4l2_device as parent
authorHans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:35:17 +0000 (07:35 -0300)
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:39:35 +0000 (09:39 -0200)
Drivers that use v4l2_device can set that as parent pointer in the v4l2_dev
field instead of using the struct device parent field.

This allows v4l2-dev.c to check whether this driver is v4l2_device based,
and if so then it can offer additional services.

Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c
include/media/v4l2-dev.h

index 4e0db88..7ad6711 100644 (file)
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <asm/system.h>
 
 #include <media/v4l2-common.h>
+#include <media/v4l2-device.h>
 
 #define VIDEO_NUM_DEVICES      256
 #define VIDEO_NAME              "video4linux"
@@ -407,6 +408,8 @@ int video_register_device_index(struct video_device *vdev, int type, int nr,
 
        vdev->vfl_type = type;
        vdev->cdev = NULL;
+       if (vdev->v4l2_dev)
+               vdev->parent = vdev->v4l2_dev->dev;
 
        /* Part 2: find a free minor, kernel number and device index. */
 #ifdef CONFIG_VIDEO_FIXED_MINOR_RANGES
index e0d72d2..0a88d1d 100644 (file)
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #define VFL_TYPE_MAX           4
 
 struct v4l2_ioctl_callbacks;
+struct v4l2_device;
 
 /* Flag to mark the video_device struct as unregistered.
    Drivers can set this flag if they want to block all future
@@ -45,7 +46,10 @@ struct video_device
        /* sysfs */
        struct device dev;              /* v4l device */
        struct cdev *cdev;              /* character device */
+
+       /* Set either parent or v4l2_dev if your driver uses v4l2_device */
        struct device *parent;          /* device parent */
+       struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev;   /* v4l2_device parent */
 
        /* device info */
        char name[32];