Re: Proposed removal of the dpc7146 driver

[Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>]

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On Monday 07 July 2008 22:47:59 Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 22:17:51 +0200
>
> Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> > On Monday 07 July 2008 22:14:44 Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > > On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 22:06:41 +0200
> > >
> > > Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> 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 <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > 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.
>
> Please send me the patches. I'll add it on my last queue for 2.6.26.

Attached.

	Hans

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--- linux-2.6.26-rc9/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt.org	2008-07-07 22:56:38.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.26-rc9/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt	2008-07-07 22:58:52.000000000 +0200
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+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 <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
+
+---------------------------
+
 What:	dev->power.power_state
 When:	July 2007
 Why:	Broken design for runtime control over driver power states, confusing

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