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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml
index e3664d6f2de..4643505cd4c 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-querycap.xml
@@ -124,12 +124,35 @@ printf ("Version: %u.%u.%u\n",
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>capabilities</structfield></entry>
- <entry>Device capabilities, see <xref
- linkend="device-capabilities" />.</entry>
+ <entry>Available capabilities of the physical device as a whole, see <xref
+ linkend="device-capabilities" />. The same physical device can export
+ multiple devices in /dev (e.g. /dev/videoX, /dev/vbiY and /dev/radioZ).
+ The <structfield>capabilities</structfield> field should contain a union
+ of all capabilities available around the several V4L2 devices exported
+ to userspace.
+ For all those devices the <structfield>capabilities</structfield> field
+ returns the same set of capabilities. This allows applications to open
+ just one of the devices (typically the video device) and discover whether
+ video, vbi and/or radio are also supported.
+ </entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
- <entry><structfield>reserved</structfield>[4]</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>device_caps</structfield></entry>
+ <entry>Device capabilities of the opened device, see <xref
+ linkend="device-capabilities" />. Should contain the available capabilities
+ of that specific device node. So, for example, <structfield>device_caps</structfield>
+ of a radio device will only contain radio related capabilities and
+ no video or vbi capabilities. This field is only set if the <structfield>capabilities</structfield>
+ field contains the <constant>V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS</constant> capability.
+ Only the <structfield>capabilities</structfield> field can have the
+ <constant>V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS</constant> capability, <structfield>device_caps</structfield>
+ will never set <constant>V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS</constant>.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>__u32</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>reserved</structfield>[3]</entry>
<entry>Reserved for future extensions. Drivers must set
this array to zero.</entry>
</row>
@@ -276,6 +299,13 @@ linkend="async">asynchronous</link> I/O methods.</entry>
<entry>The device supports the <link
linkend="mmap">streaming</link> I/O method.</entry>
</row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>V4L2_CAP_DEVICE_CAPS</constant></entry>
+ <entry>0x80000000</entry>
+ <entry>The driver fills the <structfield>device_caps</structfield>
+ field. This capability can only appear in the <structfield>capabilities</structfield>
+ field and never in the <structfield>device_caps</structfield> field.</entry>
+ </row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>