[Patch 19/20] V4L removal schedule for V4L1 API

[Patch 19/20] V4L removal schedule for V4L1 API

[mchehab]

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From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>

- States a date for removing V4L1 API

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>

 Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt |   15 +++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

--- hg.orig/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ hg/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -95,3 +95,18 @@ Why:	This interface has been obsoleted b
 	to link against API-compatible library on top of libnfnetlink_queue 
 	instead of the current 'libipq'.
 Who:	Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org>
+
+---------------------------
+
+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>


	

	
		
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