Commit 6aecad62 authored by Hans Verkuil's avatar Hans Verkuil Committed by Mauro Carvalho Chehab
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media: cec: improve cec status documentation



Clarify the description of status bits, particularly w.r.t. ERROR and NACK.

Signed-off-by: default avatarHans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarHans Verkuil <hansverk@cisco.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
parent df2b2386
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@@ -246,7 +246,10 @@ CEC_TX_STATUS_LOW_DRIVE:
CEC_TX_STATUS_ERROR:
	some unspecified error occurred: this can be one of ARB_LOST
	or LOW_DRIVE if the hardware cannot differentiate or something
	else entirely.
	else entirely. Some hardware only supports OK and FAIL as the
	result of a transmit, i.e. there is no way to differentiate
	between the different possible errors. In that case map FAIL
	to CEC_TX_STATUS_NACK and not to CEC_TX_STATUS_ERROR.

CEC_TX_STATUS_MAX_RETRIES:
	could not transmit the message after trying multiple times.
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@@ -231,26 +231,32 @@ View On' messages from initiator 0xf ('Unregistered') to destination 0 ('TV').
      - ``CEC_TX_STATUS_OK``
      - 0x01
      - The message was transmitted successfully. This is mutually
	exclusive with :ref:`CEC_TX_STATUS_MAX_RETRIES <CEC-TX-STATUS-MAX-RETRIES>`. Other bits can still
	be set if earlier attempts met with failure before the transmit
	was eventually successful.
	exclusive with :ref:`CEC_TX_STATUS_MAX_RETRIES <CEC-TX-STATUS-MAX-RETRIES>`.
	Other bits can still be set if earlier attempts met with failure before
	the transmit was eventually successful.
    * .. _`CEC-TX-STATUS-ARB-LOST`:

      - ``CEC_TX_STATUS_ARB_LOST``
      - 0x02
      - CEC line arbitration was lost.
      - CEC line arbitration was lost, i.e. another transmit started at the
        same time with a higher priority. Optional status, not all hardware
	can detect this error condition.
    * .. _`CEC-TX-STATUS-NACK`:

      - ``CEC_TX_STATUS_NACK``
      - 0x04
      - Message was not acknowledged.
      - Message was not acknowledged. Note that some hardware cannot tell apart
        a 'Not Acknowledged' status from other error conditions, i.e. the result
	of a transmit is just OK or FAIL. In that case this status will be
	returned when the transmit failed.
    * .. _`CEC-TX-STATUS-LOW-DRIVE`:

      - ``CEC_TX_STATUS_LOW_DRIVE``
      - 0x08
      - Low drive was detected on the CEC bus. This indicates that a
	follower detected an error on the bus and requests a
	retransmission.
	retransmission. Optional status, not all hardware can detect this
	error condition.
    * .. _`CEC-TX-STATUS-ERROR`:

      - ``CEC_TX_STATUS_ERROR``
@@ -258,14 +264,14 @@ View On' messages from initiator 0xf ('Unregistered') to destination 0 ('TV').
      - Some error occurred. This is used for any errors that do not fit
	``CEC_TX_STATUS_ARB_LOST`` or ``CEC_TX_STATUS_LOW_DRIVE``, either because
	the hardware could not tell which error occurred, or because the hardware
	tested for other conditions besides those two.
	tested for other conditions besides those two. Optional status.
    * .. _`CEC-TX-STATUS-MAX-RETRIES`:

      - ``CEC_TX_STATUS_MAX_RETRIES``
      - 0x20
      - The transmit failed after one or more retries. This status bit is
	mutually exclusive with :ref:`CEC_TX_STATUS_OK <CEC-TX-STATUS-OK>`. Other bits can still
	be set to explain which failures were seen.
	mutually exclusive with :ref:`CEC_TX_STATUS_OK <CEC-TX-STATUS-OK>`.
	Other bits can still be set to explain which failures were seen.


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