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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 6c2f55e05f13..f2742e115b09 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -97,36 +97,38 @@ Who: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> --------------------------- -What: Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and from Video devices. -When: kernel 2.6.38 -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. - Newer drivers should use v4l_compat_translate_ioctl function to handle - old calls, replacing to newer ones. - Decoder iocts are using internally to allow video drivers to - communicate with video decoders. This should also be improved to allow - V4L2 calls being translated into compatible internal ioctls. - Compatibility ioctls will be provided, for a while, via - v4l1-compat module. -Who: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> - ---------------------------- - What: Video4Linux obsolete drivers using V4L1 API -When: kernel 2.6.38 -Files: drivers/staging/cpia/* drivers/staging/stradis/* -Check: drivers/staging/cpia/cpia.c drivers/staging/stradis/stradis.c +When: kernel 2.6.39 +Files: drivers/staging/se401/* drivers/staging/usbvideo/* +Check: drivers/staging/se401/se401.c drivers/staging/usbvideo/usbvideo.c Why: There are some drivers still using V4L1 API, despite all efforts we've done to migrate. Those drivers are for obsolete hardware that the old maintainer didn't care (or not have the hardware anymore), and that no other developer could find any hardware to buy. They probably have no practical usage today, and people with such old hardware could probably keep using an older version - of the kernel. Those drivers will be moved to staging on 2.6.37 and, if nobody - care enough to port and test them with V4L2 API, they'll be removed on 2.6.38. + of the kernel. Those drivers will be moved to staging on 2.6.38 and, if nobody + cares enough to port and test them with V4L2 API, they'll be removed on 2.6.39. +Who: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> + +--------------------------- + +What: Video4Linux: Remove obsolete ioctl's +When: kernel 2.6.39 +Files: include/media/videodev2.h +Why: Some ioctl's were defined wrong on 2.6.2 and 2.6.6, using the wrong + type of R/W arguments. They were fixed, but the old ioctl names are + still there, maintained to avoid breaking binary compatibility: + #define VIDIOC_OVERLAY_OLD _IOWR('V', 14, int) + #define VIDIOC_S_PARM_OLD _IOW('V', 22, struct v4l2_streamparm) + #define VIDIOC_S_CTRL_OLD _IOW('V', 28, struct v4l2_control) + #define VIDIOC_G_AUDIO_OLD _IOWR('V', 33, struct v4l2_audio) + #define VIDIOC_G_AUDOUT_OLD _IOWR('V', 49, struct v4l2_audioout) + #define VIDIOC_CROPCAP_OLD _IOR('V', 58, struct v4l2_cropcap) + There's no sense on preserving those forever, as it is very doubtful + that someone would try to use a such old binary with a modern kernel. + Removing them will allow us to remove some magic done at the V4L ioctl + handler. + Who: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> --------------------------- |