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authorSebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>2017-02-27 14:24:23 +0100
committerSebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>2017-02-27 14:24:23 +0100
commit148d5f7af0fe4e2b8b205b7c5139ba2debb5af7c (patch)
tree02a54e7f6b829cd0a71b204eb343d23dc665f328 /Documentation
parent4a261a58a11924cd7695a8c7160e18844b38c3ec (diff)
parent3737a5f7223464efed3b0a9da2b045dae28d3a53 (diff)
Merge tag 'v4.9.13' into linux-4.9.y-rt
This is the 4.9.13 stable release
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-007.rst23
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 922dec8fa07e..65b05ba6ef98 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1391,6 +1391,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
When zero, profiling data is discarded and associated
debugfs files are removed at module unload time.
+ goldfish [X86] Enable the goldfish android emulator platform.
+ Don't use this when you are not running on the
+ android emulator
+
gpt [EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT. If the
primary GPT is corrupted, it enables the backup/alternate
diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-007.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-007.rst
index 44bb5a7059b3..95a23a28c595 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-007.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-007.rst
@@ -211,7 +211,13 @@ Colorspace sRGB (V4L2_COLORSPACE_SRGB)
The :ref:`srgb` standard defines the colorspace used by most webcams
and computer graphics. The default transfer function is
``V4L2_XFER_FUNC_SRGB``. The default Y'CbCr encoding is
-``V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601``. The default Y'CbCr quantization is full range.
+``V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601``. The default Y'CbCr quantization is limited range.
+
+Note that the :ref:`sycc` standard specifies full range quantization,
+however all current capture hardware supported by the kernel convert
+R'G'B' to limited range Y'CbCr. So choosing full range as the default
+would break how applications interpret the quantization range.
+
The chromaticities of the primary colors and the white reference are:
@@ -276,7 +282,7 @@ the following ``V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601`` encoding as defined by :ref:`sycc`:
Y' is clamped to the range [0…1] and Cb and Cr are clamped to the range
[-0.5…0.5]. This transform is identical to one defined in SMPTE
-170M/BT.601. The Y'CbCr quantization is full range.
+170M/BT.601. The Y'CbCr quantization is limited range.
.. _col-adobergb:
@@ -288,10 +294,15 @@ The :ref:`adobergb` standard defines the colorspace used by computer
graphics that use the AdobeRGB colorspace. This is also known as the
:ref:`oprgb` standard. The default transfer function is
``V4L2_XFER_FUNC_ADOBERGB``. The default Y'CbCr encoding is
-``V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601``. The default Y'CbCr quantization is full
-range. The chromaticities of the primary colors and the white reference
-are:
+``V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601``. The default Y'CbCr quantization is limited
+range.
+
+Note that the :ref:`oprgb` standard specifies full range quantization,
+however all current capture hardware supported by the kernel convert
+R'G'B' to limited range Y'CbCr. So choosing full range as the default
+would break how applications interpret the quantization range.
+The chromaticities of the primary colors and the white reference are:
.. tabularcolumns:: |p{4.4cm}|p{4.4cm}|p{8.7cm}|
@@ -344,7 +355,7 @@ the following ``V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601`` encoding:
Y' is clamped to the range [0…1] and Cb and Cr are clamped to the range
[-0.5…0.5]. This transform is identical to one defined in SMPTE
-170M/BT.601. The Y'CbCr quantization is full range.
+170M/BT.601. The Y'CbCr quantization is limited range.
.. _col-bt2020: