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| author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br> | 2005-11-08 21:38:53 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2005-11-09 07:56:31 -0800 |
| commit | 875c296b8ef42a796dc8db57a40b5e2228240c33 (patch) | |
| tree | 1f358fc93408bfcd78a40446b0f7220dcd837146 | |
| parent | 9d4d9c05c807ab8a49ac0024987b223bb32c022d (diff) | |
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[PATCH] V4L: removal schedule for V4L1 API
States a date for removing V4L1 API
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 66e4ca28fc0a..429db4bf98ec 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -67,6 +67,21 @@ Who: Jody McIntyre <scjody@steamballoon.com> --------------------------- +What: Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices. +When: July 2006 +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. +Who: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br> + +--------------------------- + What: i2c sysfs name change: in1_ref, vid deprecated in favour of cpu0_vid When: November 2005 Files: drivers/i2c/chips/adm1025.c, drivers/i2c/chips/adm1026.c |