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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2010-09-30 07:25:42 -0400
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2010-10-20 23:06:13 -0400
commit7af97effb3f5a374482179aca490b5038de56fa6 (patch)
tree70baf9a5fd787e44174bd738421447d30cc31e86 /Documentation
parentda497e30c161963c413e259438b1b54672055b11 (diff)
V4L/DVB: Deprecate cpia driver (used for parallel port webcams)
cpia driver were re-written inside gspca driver, for USB devices. The only functionality that were not migrated is the support for parallel port, as: 1) the developer didn't find any hardware; 2) it doesn't seem important to keep support for a parallel port webcam, as this is an obsolete technology; 3) the changes at gspca for it to work with parallel port would be very large; 4) this driver still uses BKL. So, let's move it to drivers/staging and label it to die at 2.6.38, if nobody cares enough to port parallel port support to gspca or to create a new driver that uses the same gspca-cpia sub-driver. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
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@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Who: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
98--------------------------- 98---------------------------
99 99
100What: Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and from Video devices. 100What: Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and from Video devices.
101When: July 2009 101When: kernel 2.6.38
102Files: include/linux/videodev.h 102Files: include/linux/videodev.h
103Check: include/linux/videodev.h 103Check: include/linux/videodev.h
104Why: V4L1 AP1 was replaced by V4L2 API during migration from 2.4 to 2.6 104Why: V4L1 AP1 was replaced by V4L2 API during migration from 2.4 to 2.6
@@ -116,6 +116,21 @@ Who: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
116 116
117--------------------------- 117---------------------------
118 118
119What: Video4Linux obsolete drivers using V4L1 API
120When: kernel 2.6.38
121Files: drivers/staging/cpia/*
122Check: drivers/staging/cpia/cpia.c
123Why: There are some drivers still using V4L1 API, despite all efforts we've done
124 to migrate. Those drivers are for obsolete hardware that the old maintainer
125 didn't care (or not have the hardware anymore), and that no other developer
126 could find any hardware to buy. They probably have no practical usage today,
127 and people with such old hardware could probably keep using an older version
128 of the kernel. Those drivers will be moved to staging on 2.6.37 and, if nobody
129 care enough to port and test them with V4L2 API, they'll be removed on 2.6.38.
130Who: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
131
132---------------------------
133
119What: sys_sysctl 134What: sys_sysctl
120When: September 2010 135When: September 2010
121Option: CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL 136Option: CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL