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 m67KIInx009718 for ; Mon, 7 Jul 2008 16:18:18 -0400 Received: from smtp-vbr17.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr17.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.37]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m67KI64B021143 for ; Mon, 7 Jul 2008 16:18:07 -0400 From: Hans Verkuil To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 22:17:51 +0200 References: <200807072141.03344.hverkuil@xs4all.nl> <20080707220641.65f7bc08@hyperion.delvare> <20080707171444.10f0e7a5@gaivota> In-Reply-To: <20080707171444.10f0e7a5@gaivota> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200807072217.51487.hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Cc: Jean Delvare , 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 Monday 07 July 2008 22:14:44 Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > 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 Hi Mauro, Great. Can you take care of adding this notice to the feature removal document? Perhaps it is a good idea to add it to the 2.6.26 kernel before it is released. When the 2.6.27 window closes I'll prepare a patch to actually remove it from the v4l-dvb repository. Regards, Hans -- video4linux-list mailing list Unsubscribe mailto:video4linux-list-request@redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list