linux-kernel - [PATCH] Documentation/media: Remove incorrect statement

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Date:   Fri, 22 Apr 2022 09:50:41 +0200
From:   Dorota Czaplejewicz <dorota.czaplejewicz@...i.sm>
To:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel@...i.sm
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/media: Remove incorrect statement

Signed-off-by: Dorota Czaplejewicz <dorota.czaplejewicz@...i.sm>
---
Hi,

I tried to debug streaming in libcamera, where I stumbled upon this. I asked around on IRC where I was told that this statement in the documentation is wrong, so I'm submitting a removal.

Cheers,
Dorota Czaplejewicz

 Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-streamon.rst | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-streamon.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-streamon.rst
index 0bc86f06947b..1a79313a29fa 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-streamon.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/vidioc-streamon.rst
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ the capture or output process during streaming
 Capture hardware is disabled and no input buffers are filled (if there
 are any empty buffers in the incoming queue) until ``VIDIOC_STREAMON``
 has been called. Output hardware is disabled and no video signal is
-produced until ``VIDIOC_STREAMON`` has been called. The ioctl will
-succeed when at least one output buffer is in the incoming queue.
+produced until ``VIDIOC_STREAMON`` has been called.
 
 Memory-to-memory devices will not start until ``VIDIOC_STREAMON`` has
 been called for both the capture and output stream types.
-- 
2.34.1


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