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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.xml
index 842536aae8b4..eb82f7e7d06b 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-ext-ctrls.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ must belong to the same control class.</para>
<para>Applications must always fill in the
<structfield>count</structfield>,
-<structfield>ctrl_class</structfield>,
+<structfield>which</structfield>,
<structfield>controls</structfield> and
<structfield>reserved</structfield> fields of &v4l2-ext-controls;, and
initialize the &v4l2-ext-control; array pointed to by the
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ the driver whether wrong values are automatically adjusted to a valid
value or if an error is returned.</para>
<para>When the <structfield>id</structfield> or
-<structfield>ctrl_class</structfield> is invalid drivers return an
+<structfield>which</structfield> is invalid drivers return an
&EINVAL;. When the value is out of bounds drivers can choose to take
the closest valid value or return an &ERANGE;, whatever seems more
appropriate. In the first case the new value is set in
@@ -223,7 +223,12 @@ Valid if <constant>V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_HAS_PAYLOAD</constant> is set for this control
<tgroup cols="3">
&cs-str;
<tbody valign="top">
+ <row>
+ <entry>union</entry>
+ <entry>(anonymous)</entry>
+ </row>
<row>
+ <entry></entry>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>ctrl_class</structfield></entry>
<entry>The control class to which all controls belong, see
@@ -235,6 +240,23 @@ with a <structfield>count</structfield> of 0. If that succeeds, then the driver
supports this feature.</entry>
</row>
<row>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry>__u32</entry>
+ <entry><structfield>which</structfield></entry>
+ <entry><para>Which value of the control to get/set/try. <constant>V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL</constant>
+will return the current value of the control and <constant>V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_DEF_VAL</constant> will
+return the default value of the control. Please note that you can only get the default value of the
+control, you cannot set or try it.</para>
+<para>For backwards compatibility you can also use a control class here (see
+<xref linkend="ctrl-class" />). In that case all controls have to belong to that
+control class. This usage is deprecated, instead just use <constant>V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL</constant>.
+There are some very old drivers that do not yet support <constant>V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL</constant>
+and that require a control class here. You can test for such drivers by setting ctrl_class to
+<constant>V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL</constant> and calling VIDIOC_TRY_EXT_CTRLS with a count of 0.
+If that fails, then the driver does not support <constant>V4L2_CTRL_WHICH_CUR_VAL</constant>.</para>
+</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>count</structfield></entry>
<entry>The number of controls in the controls array. May
@@ -390,7 +412,7 @@ These controls are described in <xref linkend="rf-tuner-controls" />.</entry>
<listitem>
<para>The &v4l2-ext-control; <structfield>id</structfield>
is invalid, the &v4l2-ext-controls;
-<structfield>ctrl_class</structfield> is invalid, or the &v4l2-ext-control;
+<structfield>which</structfield> is invalid, or the &v4l2-ext-control;
<structfield>value</structfield> was inappropriate (e.g. the given menu
index is not supported by the driver). This error code is
also returned by the <constant>VIDIOC_S_EXT_CTRLS</constant> and