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 m67L0J7x009824 for ; Mon, 7 Jul 2008 17:00:19 -0400 Received: from smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr5.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.25]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m67KxuD1015262 for ; Mon, 7 Jul 2008 16:59:57 -0400 From: Hans Verkuil To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 22:59:47 +0200 References: <200807072141.03344.hverkuil@xs4all.nl> <200807072217.51487.hverkuil@xs4all.nl> <20080707174759.39fc29aa@gaivota> In-Reply-To: <20080707174759.39fc29aa@gaivota> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Multipart/Mixed; boundary="Boundary-00=_DPocInS6G7MM+nS" Message-Id: <200807072259.47709.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: --Boundary-00=_DPocInS6G7MM+nS Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Monday 07 July 2008 22:47:59 Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 22:17:51 +0200 > > Hans Verkuil wrote: > > 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. > > Please send me the patches. I'll add it on my last queue for 2.6.26. Attached. Hans --Boundary-00=_DPocInS6G7MM+nS Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="feature-removal.diff" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="feature-removal.diff" --- 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 @@ -6,6 +6,18 @@ --------------------------- +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 + +--------------------------- + What: dev->power.power_state When: July 2007 Why: Broken design for runtime control over driver power states, confusing --Boundary-00=_DPocInS6G7MM+nS Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline -- video4linux-list mailing list Unsubscribe mailto:video4linux-list-request@redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list --Boundary-00=_DPocInS6G7MM+nS--