[PATCH RFC v4 1/7] v4l: add device type for Software Defined Radio

Antti Palosaari
2013-12-19T04:00:22Z

Add new V4L device type VFL_TYPE_SDR for Software Defined Radio.
It is registered as /dev/swradio0 (/dev/sdr0 was already reserved).

Cc: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Signed-off-by: Antti Palosaari <crope@iki.fi>
---
drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c | 5 +++++
include/media/v4l2-dev.h | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
index 1cc1749..6a1e6a8 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
@@ -767,6 +767,8 @@ static void determine_valid_ioctls(struct video_device *vdev)
* %VFL_TYPE_RADIO - A radio card
*
* %VFL_TYPE_SUBDEV - A subdevice
+ *
+ * %VFL_TYPE_SDR - Software Defined Radio
*/
int __video_register_device(struct video_device *vdev, int type, int nr,
int warn_if_nr_in_use, struct module *owner)
@@ -806,6 +808,9 @@ int __video_register_device(struct video_device *vdev, int type, int nr,
case VFL_TYPE_SUBDEV:
name_base = "v4l-subdev";
break;
+ case VFL_TYPE_SDR:
+ name_base = "swradio";
+ break;
default:
printk(KERN_ERR "%s called with unknown type: %d\n",
__func__, type);
diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-dev.h b/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
index c768c9f..eec6e46 100644
--- a/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
+++ b/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
#define VFL_TYPE_VBI 1
#define VFL_TYPE_RADIO 2
#define VFL_TYPE_SUBDEV 3
-#define VFL_TYPE_MAX 4
+#define VFL_TYPE_SDR 4
+#define VFL_TYPE_MAX 5

/* Is this a receiver, transmitter or mem-to-mem? */
/* Ignored for VFL_TYPE_SUBDEV. */
--
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