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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2011-03-01 08:12:36 -0500
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2011-03-21 19:32:38 -0400
commita602d520acd331ba8bbc02aacccb5e9a0f561f25 (patch)
tree605018a97d854d143ab9b5e364626c0484336d39 /Documentation
parentf6a373fb0569c98d6a44108f5e879f06abd46df3 (diff)
[media] DocBook: Document the removal of the old VIDIOC_*_OLD ioctls
Those ioctls passed away. Properly documented it. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml20
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml
index 223c24c536b7..4d74bf24e114 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml
@@ -1711,8 +1711,8 @@ ioctl would enumerate the available audio inputs. An ioctl to
1711determine the current audio input, if more than one combines with the 1711determine the current audio input, if more than one combines with the
1712current video input, did not exist. So 1712current video input, did not exist. So
1713<constant>VIDIOC_G_AUDIO</constant> was renamed to 1713<constant>VIDIOC_G_AUDIO</constant> was renamed to
1714<constant>VIDIOC_G_AUDIO_OLD</constant>, this ioctl will be removed in 1714<constant>VIDIOC_G_AUDIO_OLD</constant>, this ioctl was removed on
1715the future. The &VIDIOC-ENUMAUDIO; ioctl was added to enumerate 1715Kernel 2.6.39. The &VIDIOC-ENUMAUDIO; ioctl was added to enumerate
1716audio inputs, while &VIDIOC-G-AUDIO; now reports the current audio 1716audio inputs, while &VIDIOC-G-AUDIO; now reports the current audio
1717input.</para> 1717input.</para>
1718 <para>The same changes were made to &VIDIOC-G-AUDOUT; and 1718 <para>The same changes were made to &VIDIOC-G-AUDOUT; and
@@ -1726,7 +1726,7 @@ must be updated to successfully compile again.</para>
1726 <para>The &VIDIOC-OVERLAY; ioctl was incorrectly defined with 1726 <para>The &VIDIOC-OVERLAY; ioctl was incorrectly defined with
1727write-read parameter. It was changed to write-only, while the write-read 1727write-read parameter. It was changed to write-only, while the write-read
1728version was renamed to <constant>VIDIOC_OVERLAY_OLD</constant>. The old 1728version was renamed to <constant>VIDIOC_OVERLAY_OLD</constant>. The old
1729ioctl will be removed in the future. Until further the "videodev" 1729ioctl was removed on Kernel 2.6.39. Until further the "videodev"
1730kernel module will automatically translate to the new version, so drivers 1730kernel module will automatically translate to the new version, so drivers
1731must be recompiled, but not applications.</para> 1731must be recompiled, but not applications.</para>
1732 </listitem> 1732 </listitem>
@@ -1744,7 +1744,7 @@ surface can be seen.</para>
1744defined with write-only parameter, inconsistent with other ioctls 1744defined with write-only parameter, inconsistent with other ioctls
1745modifying their argument. They were changed to write-read, while a 1745modifying their argument. They were changed to write-read, while a
1746<constant>_OLD</constant> suffix was added to the write-only versions. 1746<constant>_OLD</constant> suffix was added to the write-only versions.
1747The old ioctls will be removed in the future. Drivers and 1747The old ioctls were removed on Kernel 2.6.39. Drivers and
1748applications assuming a constant parameter need an update.</para> 1748applications assuming a constant parameter need an update.</para>
1749 </listitem> 1749 </listitem>
1750 </orderedlist> 1750 </orderedlist>
@@ -1815,8 +1815,8 @@ yet to be addressed, for details see <xref
1815 <para>The &VIDIOC-CROPCAP; ioctl was incorrectly defined 1815 <para>The &VIDIOC-CROPCAP; ioctl was incorrectly defined
1816with read-only parameter. It is now defined as write-read ioctl, while 1816with read-only parameter. It is now defined as write-read ioctl, while
1817the read-only version was renamed to 1817the read-only version was renamed to
1818<constant>VIDIOC_CROPCAP_OLD</constant>. The old ioctl will be removed 1818<constant>VIDIOC_CROPCAP_OLD</constant>. The old ioctl was removed
1819in the future.</para> 1819on Kernel 2.6.39.</para>
1820 </listitem> 1820 </listitem>
1821 </orderedlist> 1821 </orderedlist>
1822 </section> 1822 </section>
@@ -2364,6 +2364,14 @@ that used it. It was originally scheduled for removal in 2.6.35.
2364 </listitem> 2364 </listitem>
2365 </orderedlist> 2365 </orderedlist>
2366 </section> 2366 </section>
2367 <section>
2368 <title>V4L2 in Linux 2.6.39</title>
2369 <orderedlist>
2370 <listitem>
2371 <para>The old VIDIOC_*_OLD symbols and V4L1 support were removed.</para>
2372 </listitem>
2373 </orderedlist>
2374 </section>
2367 2375
2368 <section id="other"> 2376 <section id="other">
2369 <title>Relation of V4L2 to other Linux multimedia APIs</title> 2377 <title>Relation of V4L2 to other Linux multimedia APIs</title>