V4L/DVB (12722): v4l2-dev: replace 'kernel number' by 'device node number'.
The term 'kernel number' is very vague, so replace it with the somewhat more
descriptive term 'device node number'.
In one place the local variable 'nr' was used to create the device node number
of the new device name. This has been replaced with the vdev->num field to
more clearly mark this as being the device node number and not the minor
number.
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
index cb6c7eb..38b3716 100644
--- a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
+++ b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt
@@ -486,14 +486,14 @@
VFL_TYPE_VTX: vtxX for teletext devices (deprecated, don't use)
The last argument gives you a certain amount of control over the device
-kernel number used (i.e. the X in videoX). Normally you will pass -1 to
+device node number used (i.e. the X in videoX). Normally you will pass -1 to
let the v4l2 framework pick the first free number. But if a driver creates
many devices, then it can be useful to have different video devices in
separate ranges. For example, video capture devices start at 0, video
output devices start at 16.
-So you can use the last argument to specify a minimum kernel number and
-the v4l2 framework will try to pick the first free number that is equal
+So you can use the last argument to specify a minimum device node number
+and the v4l2 framework will try to pick the first free number that is equal
or higher to what you passed. If that fails, then it will just pick the
first free number.
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@
- vfl_type: the device type passed to video_register_device.
- minor: the assigned device minor number.
-- num: the device kernel number (i.e. the X in videoX).
+- num: the device node number (i.e. the X in videoX).
- index: the device index number.
If the registration failed, then you need to call video_device_release()