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| author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com> | 2010-12-27 13:47:54 +0300 |
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| committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com> | 2010-12-29 13:17:11 +0300 |
| commit | 88ae7624a6fe890e5a8ca57b25420f66e1389f8b (patch) | |
| tree | cfdb6188e0234cf3d819984790f909f5c6e1e102 /Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | |
| parent | 58c66df3e38ffb1d59cc5162bb9e07c859288034 (diff) | |
| download | linux-88ae7624a6fe890e5a8ca57b25420f66e1389f8b.tar.xz | |
[media] V4L1 removal: Remove linux/videodev.h
There's no sense on keeping it on 2.6.38, as nobody is using it
anymore, at the kernel tree, and installing it at the userspace
API.
As two deprecated drivers still need it, move it to their internal
directories.
Reviewed-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
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1 files changed, 0 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index d66ed2bdf8f1..e348b7e241f1 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -97,23 +97,6 @@ Who: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> --------------------------- -What: Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and from Video devices. -When: kernel 2.6.39 -Files: include/linux/videodev.h -Check: include/linux/videodev.h -Why: V4L1 AP1 was replaced by V4L2 API during migration from 2.4 to 2.6 - series. The old API have lots of drawbacks and don't provide enough - means to work with all video and audio standards. The newer API is - already available on the main drivers and should be used instead. - - The userspace libv4l1 library can convert V4L1 calls to V4L2. This - replaces the kernel V4L1 compatibility module which was removed in - 2.6.38. The last V4L1 drivers will either be converted to V4L2 or - removed for 2.6.39 at which point the V4L1 API will cease to exist. -Who: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> - ---------------------------- - What: Video4Linux obsolete drivers using V4L1 API When: kernel 2.6.39 Files: drivers/staging/se401/* drivers/staging/usbvideo/* |