From: Greg KH <gregkh-hQyY1W1yCW8ekmWlsbkhG0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
To: Shuah Khan <shuahkh-JPH+aEBZ4P+UEJcrhfAQsw@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab
<mchehab-JPH+aEBZ4P+UEJcrhfAQsw@public.gmane.org>,
Linux Media Mailing List
<linux-media-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab
<mchehab-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>,
linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-qWit8jRvyhVmR6Xm/wNWPw@public.gmane.org>,
Laurent Pinchart
<laurent.pinchart-ryLnwIuWjnjg/C1BVhZhaw@public.gmane.org>,
Javier Martinez Canillas
<javier-JPH+aEBZ4P+UEJcrhfAQsw@public.gmane.org>,
Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus-X3B1VOXEql0@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] [media] Postpone the addition of MEDIA_IOC_G_TOPOLOGY
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 07:44:29 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151228154429.GA27560@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5681572F.601-JPH+aEBZ4P+UEJcrhfAQsw@public.gmane.org>
On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 08:37:19AM -0700, Shuah Khan wrote:
> On 12/28/2015 07:03 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > There are a few discussions left with regards to this ioctl:
> >
> > 1) the name of the new structs will contain _v2_ on it?
> > 2) what's the best alternative to avoid compat32 issues?
> >
> > Due to that, let's postpone the addition of this new ioctl to
> > the next Kernel version, to give people more time to discuss it.
>
> I thought we discussed this in our irc meeting and
> arrived at a good solution for compat32 issue
>
> My recommendation is getting this ioctl into 4.5 with
> a warning that it could change. The reason for that is
> that this ioctl helps with testing the media controller
> v2 api. Without this API, we won't see much testing from
> userspace in 4.5
People will ignore the warning, that never works :(
sorry,
greg k-h
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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@osg.samsung.com>,
Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@vger.kernel.org>,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>,
linux-api@vger.kernel.org, Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>,
Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>,
Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@osg.samsung.com>,
Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@iki.fi>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] [media] Postpone the addition of MEDIA_IOC_G_TOPOLOGY
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 07:44:29 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151228154429.GA27560@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5681572F.601@osg.samsung.com>
On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 08:37:19AM -0700, Shuah Khan wrote:
> On 12/28/2015 07:03 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > There are a few discussions left with regards to this ioctl:
> >
> > 1) the name of the new structs will contain _v2_ on it?
> > 2) what's the best alternative to avoid compat32 issues?
> >
> > Due to that, let's postpone the addition of this new ioctl to
> > the next Kernel version, to give people more time to discuss it.
>
> I thought we discussed this in our irc meeting and
> arrived at a good solution for compat32 issue
>
> My recommendation is getting this ioctl into 4.5 with
> a warning that it could change. The reason for that is
> that this ioctl helps with testing the media controller
> v2 api. Without this API, we won't see much testing from
> userspace in 4.5
People will ignore the warning, that never works :(
sorry,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-12-28 15:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-12-28 14:03 [PATCH RFC] [media] Postpone the addition of MEDIA_IOC_G_TOPOLOGY Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2015-12-28 14:03 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
[not found] ` <d029047c76d6d3e5e6a531080ede83f6e063f7db.1451311244.git.mchehab-JPH+aEBZ4P+UEJcrhfAQsw@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-28 14:15 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2015-12-28 14:15 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2015-12-28 15:37 ` Shuah Khan
[not found] ` <5681572F.601-JPH+aEBZ4P+UEJcrhfAQsw@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-28 15:44 ` Greg KH [this message]
2015-12-28 15:44 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <20151228154429.GA27560-U8xfFu+wG4EAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2015-12-28 16:05 ` Shuah Khan
2015-12-28 16:05 ` Shuah Khan
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2015-12-28 13:57 Mauro Carvalho Chehab
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