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diff --git a/include/media/cx25840.h b/include/media/cx25840.h index db431d513f2..2c3fbaa33f7 100644 --- a/include/media/cx25840.h +++ b/include/media/cx25840.h @@ -21,6 +21,18 @@ #ifndef _CX25840_H_ #define _CX25840_H_ +/* Note that the cx25840 driver requires that the bridge driver calls the + v4l2_subdev's init operation in order to load the driver's firmware. + Without this the audio standard detection will fail and you will + only get mono. + + Since loading the firmware is often problematic when the driver is + compiled into the kernel I recommend postponing calling this function + until the first open of the video device. Another reason for + postponing it is that loading this firmware takes a long time (seconds) + due to the slow i2c bus speed. So it will speed up the boot process if + you can avoid loading the fw as long as the video device isn't used. */ + enum cx25840_video_input { /* Composite video inputs In1-In8 */ CX25840_COMPOSITE1 = 1, |