From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m67KFHXf007720 for ; Mon, 7 Jul 2008 16:15:17 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [18.85.46.34]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m67KF1Sc019074 for ; Mon, 7 Jul 2008 16:15:06 -0400 Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 17:14:44 -0300 From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab To: Jean Delvare Message-ID: <20080707171444.10f0e7a5@gaivota> In-Reply-To: <20080707220641.65f7bc08@hyperion.delvare> References: <200807072141.03344.hverkuil@xs4all.nl> <20080707220641.65f7bc08@hyperion.delvare> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: v4l , michael@mihu.de Subject: Re: Proposed removal of the dpc7146 driver List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: video4linux-list-bounces@redhat.com Errors-To: video4linux-list-bounces@redhat.com List-ID: On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 22:06:41 +0200 Jean Delvare wrote: > On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 21:41:03 +0200, Hans Verkuil wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > If no one objects, then I propose to remove this driver in kernel 2.6.28 > > and announce its removal by adding the following notice to the 2.6.27 > > feature-removal-schedule.txt document: > > > > What: V4L2 dpc7146 driver > > When: September 2008 > > Why: Old driver for the dpc7146 demonstration board that is no longer > > relevant. The last time this was tested on actual hardware was probably > > around 2002. Since this is a driver for a demonstration board the > > decision was made to remove it rather than spending a lot of effort > > continually updating this driver to stay in sync with the latest > > internal V4L2 or I2C API. > > Who: Hans Verkuil > > > > > > Michael Hunold, the author of this driver, agrees with my assessment > > that this driver is no longer relevant. > > +1 > > (Less i2c-related drivers means less work for me.) Seems ok also to me. Cheers, Mauro -- video4linux-list mailing list Unsubscribe mailto:video4linux-list-request@redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list