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V4L/DVB (11671): v4l2: add v4l2_device_set_name()

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Add a utility function that can be used to setup the v4l2_device's name
field in a standard manner.

Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
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Hans Verkuil
2009-05-02 10:12:50 -03:00
committed by Mauro Carvalho Chehab
parent 416a7aa883
commit 102e781364
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@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ from dev (driver name followed by the bus_id, to be precise). If you set it
up before calling v4l2_device_register then it will be untouched. If dev is
NULL, then you *must* setup v4l2_dev->name before calling v4l2_device_register.
You can use v4l2_device_set_name() to set the name based on a driver name and
a driver-global atomic_t instance. This will generate names like ivtv0, ivtv1,
etc. If the name ends with a digit, then it will insert a dash: cx18-0,
cx18-1, etc. This function returns the instance number.
The first 'dev' argument is normally the struct device pointer of a pci_dev,
usb_interface or platform_device. It is rare for dev to be NULL, but it happens
with ISA devices or when one device creates multiple PCI devices, thus making