From: Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org>
To: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Deprecate drivers
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 23:42:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201412022342.19472.linux@rainbow-software.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1417534833-46844-1-git-send-email-hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
On Tuesday 02 December 2014 16:40:30 Hans Verkuil wrote:
> This patch series deprecates the vino/saa7191 video driver (ancient SGI
> Indy computer), the parallel port webcams bw-qcam, c-qcam and w9966, the
> ISA video capture driver pms and the USB video capture tlg2300 driver.
>
> Hardware for these devices is next to impossible to obtain, these drivers
> haven't seen any development in ages, they often use deprecated APIs and
> without hardware that's very difficult to port. And cheap alternative
> products are easily available today.
Just bought a QuickCam Pro parallel and some unknown parallel port webcam.
Will you accept patches? :)
> So move these drivers to staging for 3.19 and plan on removing them in
> 3.20.
>
> Regards,
>
> Hans
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Ondrej Zary
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-12-02 22:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-12-02 15:40 [PATCH 0/3] Deprecate drivers Hans Verkuil
2014-12-02 15:40 ` [PATCH 1/3] vino/saa7191: move to staging in preparation for removal Hans Verkuil
2014-12-02 15:40 ` [PATCH 2/3] tlg2300: " Hans Verkuil
2014-12-02 15:40 ` [PATCH 3/3] bq/c-qcam, w9966, pms: " Hans Verkuil
2014-12-02 22:42 ` Ondrej Zary [this message]
2014-12-10 9:24 ` [PATCH 0/3] Deprecate drivers Hans Verkuil
2014-12-12 14:29 ` Ondrej Zary
2014-12-12 14:32 ` Hans Verkuil
2014-12-21 21:21 ` Ondrej Zary
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