From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-1.atlantis.sk ([80.94.52.57]:35765 "EHLO mail-1.atlantis.sk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932984AbaLBWnF (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Dec 2014 17:43:05 -0500 From: Ondrej Zary To: Hans Verkuil Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Deprecate drivers Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 23:42:18 +0100 Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org References: <1417534833-46844-1-git-send-email-hverkuil@xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <1417534833-46844-1-git-send-email-hverkuil@xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <201412022342.19472.linux@rainbow-software.org> Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 -- Ondrej Zary