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Commit be831b34 authored by Mauro Carvalho Chehab's avatar Mauro Carvalho Chehab
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[media] hist-v4l2.rst: don't do refs to old structures



Several structs were renamed or removed during V4L2 development.
Don't try to cross-reference the legacy ones.

Signed-off-by: default avatarMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
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@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ aliases ``O_NONCAP`` and ``O_NOIO`` were defined. Applications can set
this flag if they intend to access controls only, as opposed to capture
applications which need exclusive access. The ``VIDEO_STD_XXX``
identifiers are now ordinals instead of flags, and the
:c:func:`video_std_construct()` helper function takes id and
``video_std_construct()`` helper function takes id and
transmission arguments.

1998-09-28: Revamped video standard. Made video controls individually
enumerable.

1998-10-02: The ``id`` field was removed from struct
struct :c:type:`video_standard` and the color subcarrier fields were
struct ``video_standard`` and the color subcarrier fields were
renamed. The :ref:`VIDIOC_QUERYSTD` ioctl was
renamed to :ref:`VIDIOC_ENUMSTD`,
:ref:`VIDIOC_G_INPUT <VIDIOC_G_INPUT>` to
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ multiple tuners into account.)
2000-09-18: ``V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VBI`` was added. This may *break
compatibility* as the :ref:`VIDIOC_G_FMT <VIDIOC_G_FMT>` and
:ref:`VIDIOC_S_FMT <VIDIOC_G_FMT>` ioctls may fail now if the struct
struct :c:type:`v4l2_fmt` ``type`` field does not contain
struct ``v4l2_fmt`` ``type`` field does not contain
``V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VBI``. In the documentation of the struct
:c:type:`v4l2_vbi_format` ``offset`` field the
ambiguous phrase "rising edge" was changed to "leading edge".
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ This unnamed version was finally merged into Linux 2.5.46.
    originally needed to distguish between variations of standards, were
    removed.

    Struct struct :c:type:`v4l2_enumstd` ceased to be.
    Struct ``v4l2_enumstd`` ceased to be.
    :ref:`VIDIOC_ENUMSTD` now takes a pointer to a
    struct :c:type:`v4l2_standard` directly. The
    information which standards are supported by a particular video
@@ -671,11 +671,11 @@ This unnamed version was finally merged into Linux 2.5.46.
    distinguish between field and frame (interlaced) overlay.

17. The digital zoom interface, including struct
    struct :c:type:`v4l2_zoomcap`, struct
    struct :c:type:`v4l2_zoom`, ``V4L2_ZOOM_NONCAP`` and
    struct ``v4l2_zoomcap``, struct
    struct ``v4l2_zoom``, ``V4L2_ZOOM_NONCAP`` and
    ``V4L2_ZOOM_WHILESTREAMING`` was replaced by a new cropping and
    scaling interface. The previously unused struct
    struct :c:type:`v4l2_cropcap` and :c:type:`struct v4l2_crop`
    struct :c:type:`v4l2_cropcap` and struct :c:type:`v4l2_crop`
    where redefined for this purpose. See :ref:`crop` for details.

18. In struct :c:type:`v4l2_vbi_format` the
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ This unnamed version was finally merged into Linux 2.5.46.
    Similar changes were made to struct
    :c:type:`v4l2_outputparm`.

20. The struct :c:type:`v4l2_performance` and
20. The struct ``v4l2_performance`` and
    ``VIDIOC_G_PERF`` ioctl were dropped. Except when using the
    :ref:`read/write I/O method <rw>`, which is limited anyway, this
    information is already available to applications.
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ V4L2 in Linux 2.6.15
3. The ``VIDIOC_G_COMP`` and ``VIDIOC_S_COMP`` ioctl were renamed to
   ``VIDIOC_G_MPEGCOMP`` and ``VIDIOC_S_MPEGCOMP`` respectively. Their
   argument was replaced by a struct
   struct :c:type:`v4l2_mpeg_compression` pointer. (The
   ``v4l2_mpeg_compression`` pointer. (The
   ``VIDIOC_G_MPEGCOMP`` and ``VIDIOC_S_MPEGCOMP`` ioctls where removed
   in Linux 2.6.25.)

@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ V4L2 in Linux 2.6.18
   flag to skip unsupported controls with
   :ref:`VIDIOC_QUERYCTRL`, new control types
   ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_INTEGER64`` and ``V4L2_CTRL_TYPE_CTRL_CLASS``
   (:ref:`v4l2-ctrl-type`), and new control flags
   (:c:type:`v4l2_ctrl_type`), and new control flags
   ``V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_READ_ONLY``, ``V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_UPDATE``,
   ``V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_INACTIVE`` and ``V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_SLIDER``
   (:ref:`control-flags`). See :ref:`extended-controls` for details.
@@ -1127,8 +1127,8 @@ V4L2 in Linux 2.6.29
1. The ``VIDIOC_G_CHIP_IDENT`` ioctl was renamed to
   ``VIDIOC_G_CHIP_IDENT_OLD`` and ``VIDIOC_DBG_G_CHIP_IDENT`` was
   introduced in its place. The old struct
   struct :c:type:`v4l2_chip_ident` was renamed to
   struct :c:type:`v4l2_chip_ident_old`.
   struct ``v4l2_chip_ident`` was renamed to
   struct ``v4l2_chip_ident_old``.

2. The pixel formats ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_VYUY``, ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_NV16`` and
   ``V4L2_PIX_FMT_NV61`` were added.