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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/7] media: add glossary.rst with a glossary of terms
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Em Fri, 6 Oct 2017 14:51:06 +0300
Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@iki.fi> escreveu:

> Hi Mauro,
> 
> On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 01:22:29PM +0300, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> > > +    V4L2 device node
> > > +	A device node that is associated to a V4L2 main driver,
> > > +	as specified in :ref:`v4l2_device_naming`.  
> 
> I think we need to name the interface, not so much their instances.
> 
> How about adding:
> 
>     V4L2
> 	Video4Linux 2 interface. The interface implemented by **V4L2 device
> 	nodes**.
> 
> and:
> 
>     V4L2 device node
> 	A device node implementing the **V4L2** interface.

Not sure if I answered it already. subdev API is part of V4L2.
So, a change like that would cause more harm than good ;-)

The definition should let it clear that only the devnodes 
implemented by the V4L2 main driver are considered as
V4L2 device nodes.

Regards,
Mauro