Opening devices and querying capabilities in the Linux Kernel video API documentation

ID: opening-devices-and-querying-capabilities-in-the-linux-kernel-video-api-documentation

Verified locator: Opening and Closing Devices §§1.1.1–1.1.2 and 1.1.6: hardware interfaces, node types/naming and open/close/ioctl. Companion primary page docs.kernel.org/userspace-api/media/v4l/querycap.html §1.2: query supported functions and I/O methods with VIDIOC_QUERYCAP.

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