diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/pixfmt-packed-hsv.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/pixfmt-packed-hsv.xml
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+<refentry id="packed-hsv">
+  <refmeta>
+    <refentrytitle>Packed HSV formats</refentrytitle>
+    &manvol;
+  </refmeta>
+  <refnamediv>
+    <refname>Packed HSV formats</refname>
+    <refpurpose>Packed HSV formats</refpurpose>
+  </refnamediv>
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Description</title>
+
+    <para>The HUE (h) is meassured in degrees, one LSB represents two
+degrees. The SATURATION (s) and the VALUE (v) are meassured in percentage
+of the cylinder: 0 being the smallest value and 255 the maximum.</para>
+    <para>The values are packed in 24 or 32 bit formats. </para>
+
+    <table pgwide="1" frame="none">
+      <title>Packed YUV Image Formats</title>
+      <tgroup cols="37" align="center">
+	<colspec colname="id" align="left" />
+	<colspec colname="fourcc" />
+	<colspec colname="bit" />
+
+	<colspec colnum="4" colname="b07" align="center" />
+	<colspec colnum="5" colname="b06" align="center" />
+	<colspec colnum="6" colname="b05" align="center" />
+	<colspec colnum="7" colname="b04" align="center" />
+	<colspec colnum="8" colname="b03" align="center" />
+	<colspec colnum="9" colname="b02" align="center" />
+	<colspec colnum="10" colname="b01" align="center" />
+	<colspec colnum="11" colname="b00" align="center" />
+
+	<colspec colnum="13" colname="b17" align="center" />
+	<colspec colnum="14" colname="b16" align="center" />
+	<colspec colnum="15" colname="b15" align="center" />
+	<colspec colnum="16" colname="b14" align="center" />
+	<colspec colnum="17" colname="b13" align="center" />
+	<colspec colnum="18" colname="b12" align="center" />
+	<colspec colnum="19" colname="b11" align="center" />
+	<colspec colnum="20" colname="b10" align="center" />
+
+	<colspec colnum="22" colname="b27" align="center" />
+	<colspec colnum="23" colname="b26" align="center" />
+	<colspec colnum="24" colname="b25" align="center" />
+	<colspec colnum="25" colname="b24" align="center" />
+	<colspec colnum="26" colname="b23" align="center" />
+	<colspec colnum="27" colname="b22" align="center" />
+	<colspec colnum="28" colname="b21" align="center" />
+	<colspec colnum="29" colname="b20" align="center" />
+
+	<colspec colnum="31" colname="b37" align="center" />
+	<colspec colnum="32" colname="b36" align="center" />
+	<colspec colnum="33" colname="b35" align="center" />
+	<colspec colnum="34" colname="b34" align="center" />
+	<colspec colnum="35" colname="b33" align="center" />
+	<colspec colnum="36" colname="b32" align="center" />
+	<colspec colnum="37" colname="b31" align="center" />
+	<colspec colnum="38" colname="b30" align="center" />
+
+	<spanspec namest="b07" nameend="b00" spanname="b0" />
+	<spanspec namest="b17" nameend="b10" spanname="b1" />
+	<spanspec namest="b27" nameend="b20" spanname="b2" />
+	<spanspec namest="b37" nameend="b30" spanname="b3" />
+	<thead>
+	  <row>
+	    <entry>Identifier</entry>
+	    <entry>Code</entry>
+	    <entry>&nbsp;</entry>
+	    <entry spanname="b0">Byte&nbsp;0 in memory</entry>
+	    <entry spanname="b1">Byte&nbsp;1</entry>
+	    <entry spanname="b2">Byte&nbsp;2</entry>
+	    <entry spanname="b3">Byte&nbsp;3</entry>
+	  </row>
+	  <row>
+	    <entry>&nbsp;</entry>
+	    <entry>&nbsp;</entry>
+	    <entry>Bit</entry>
+	    <entry>7</entry>
+	    <entry>6</entry>
+	    <entry>5</entry>
+	    <entry>4</entry>
+	    <entry>3</entry>
+	    <entry>2</entry>
+	    <entry>1</entry>
+	    <entry>0</entry>
+	    <entry>&nbsp;</entry>
+	    <entry>7</entry>
+	    <entry>6</entry>
+	    <entry>5</entry>
+	    <entry>4</entry>
+	    <entry>3</entry>
+	    <entry>2</entry>
+	    <entry>1</entry>
+	    <entry>0</entry>
+	    <entry>&nbsp;</entry>
+	    <entry>7</entry>
+	    <entry>6</entry>
+	    <entry>5</entry>
+	    <entry>4</entry>
+	    <entry>3</entry>
+	    <entry>2</entry>
+	    <entry>1</entry>
+	    <entry>0</entry>
+	    <entry>&nbsp;</entry>
+	    <entry>7</entry>
+	    <entry>6</entry>
+	    <entry>5</entry>
+	    <entry>4</entry>
+	    <entry>3</entry>
+	    <entry>2</entry>
+	    <entry>1</entry>
+	    <entry>0</entry>
+	  </row>
+	</thead>
+	<tbody valign="top">
+	  <row id="V4L2-PIX-FMT-HSV32">
+	    <entry><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_HSV32</constant></entry>
+	    <entry>'HSV4'</entry>
+	    <entry></entry>
+	    <entry>-</entry>
+	    <entry>-</entry>
+	    <entry>-</entry>
+	    <entry>-</entry>
+	    <entry>-</entry>
+	    <entry>-</entry>
+	    <entry>-</entry>
+	    <entry>-</entry>
+	    <entry></entry>
+	    <entry>h<subscript>7</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>h<subscript>6</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>h<subscript>5</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>h<subscript>4</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>h<subscript>3</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>h<subscript>2</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>h<subscript>1</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>h<subscript>0</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry></entry>
+	    <entry>s<subscript>7</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>s<subscript>6</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>s<subscript>5</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>s<subscript>4</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>s<subscript>3</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>s<subscript>2</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>s<subscript>1</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>s<subscript>0</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry></entry>
+	    <entry>v<subscript>7</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>v<subscript>6</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>v<subscript>5</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>v<subscript>4</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>v<subscript>3</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>v<subscript>2</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>v<subscript>1</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>v<subscript>0</subscript></entry>
+	  </row>
+	  <row id="V4L2-PIX-FMT-HSV24">
+	    <entry><constant>V4L2_PIX_FMT_HSV24</constant></entry>
+	    <entry>'HSV3'</entry>
+	    <entry></entry>
+	    <entry>h<subscript>7</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>h<subscript>6</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>h<subscript>5</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>h<subscript>4</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>h<subscript>3</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>h<subscript>2</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>h<subscript>1</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>h<subscript>0</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry></entry>
+	    <entry>s<subscript>7</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>s<subscript>6</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>s<subscript>5</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>s<subscript>4</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>s<subscript>3</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>s<subscript>2</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>s<subscript>1</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>s<subscript>0</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry></entry>
+	    <entry>v<subscript>7</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>v<subscript>6</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>v<subscript>5</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>v<subscript>4</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>v<subscript>3</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>v<subscript>2</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>v<subscript>1</subscript></entry>
+	    <entry>v<subscript>0</subscript></entry>
+	  </row>
+	</tbody>
+      </tgroup>
+    </table>
+
+    <para>Bit 7 is the most significant bit.</para>
+
+  </refsect1>
+    </refentry>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/pixfmt.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/pixfmt.xml
index 5a08aeea4360..7b081a6bdc61 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/pixfmt.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/pixfmt.xml
@@ -1740,6 +1740,19 @@ extended control <constant>V4L2_CID_MPEG_STREAM_TYPE</constant>, see
     </table>
   </section>
 
+  <section id="hsv-formats">
+    <title>HSV Formats</title>
+
+    <para> These formats store the color information of the image
+in a geometrical representation. The colors are mapped into a
+cylinder, where the angle is the HUE, the height is the VALUE
+and the distance to the center is the SATURATION. This is a very
+useful format for image segmentation algorithms. </para>
+
+    &packed-hsv;
+
+  </section>
+
   <section id="sdr-formats">
     <title>SDR Formats</title>
 
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
index 42e626d6c936..f38039b7c338 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/v4l2.xml
@@ -152,6 +152,14 @@ structs, ioctls) must be noted in more detail in the history chapter
 (compat.xml), along with the possible impact on existing drivers and
 applications. -->
       <revision>
+	<revnumber>4.8</revnumber>
+	<date>2016-07-15</date>
+	<authorinitials>rr</authorinitials>
+	<revremark> Introduce HSV formats.
+	</revremark>
+      </revision>
+
+      <revision>
 	<revnumber>4.5</revnumber>
 	<date>2015-10-29</date>
 	<authorinitials>rr</authorinitials>
