media: lirc: report ir receiver overflow

[linux-2.6-microblaze.git] / Documentation / userspace-api / media / rc / lirc-dev-intro.rst

diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/rc/lirc-dev-intro.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/rc/lirc-dev-intro.rst
index 9a5e5f0..d899331 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/rc/lirc-dev-intro.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/rc/lirc-dev-intro.rst
@@ -103,11 +103,11 @@ on the following table.
 
     ``LIRC_MODE2_PULSE``
 
-        Signifies the presence of IR in microseconds.
+        Signifies the presence of IR in microseconds, also known as *flash*.
 
     ``LIRC_MODE2_SPACE``
 
-        Signifies absence of IR in microseconds.
+        Signifies absence of IR in microseconds, also known as *gap*.
 
     ``LIRC_MODE2_FREQUENCY``
 
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ on the following table.
         to no IR being detected, this packet will be sent, with the number
         of microseconds with no IR.
 
+    ``LIRC_MODE2_OVERFLOW``
+
+        Signifies that the IR receiver encounter an overflow, and some IR
+        is missing. The IR data after this should be correct again. The
+        actual value is not important, but this is set to 0xffffff by the
+        kernel for compatibility with lircd.
+
 .. _lirc-mode-pulse:
 
 ``LIRC_MODE_PULSE``