From: Darren Longhorn <darren.longhorn@redembedded.com>
To: video4linux-list@redhat.com
Subject: Re: RFC: drop support for kernels < 2.6.22
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:10:19 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <492FC38B.6000703@redembedded.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200811271520.48202.laurent.pinchart@skynet.be>
Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Before moving to linuxtv.org the UVC driver was backward compatible with all
> kernels starting at 2.6.15 out of the box. With a minor patch applied this
> even extended to 2.6.10. While I have no statistics regarding kernel versions
> on which the UVC driver is used, the driver seems to be popular with embedded
> users who usually run "old" vendor-supplied kernels on their systems.
>
> As such, at least for the UVC driver, I'd hate to see compatibility with
> 2.6.16-2.6.21 going away anytime soon.
As one of those embedded developers, I second this view.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-28 10:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-27 10:23 RFC: drop support for kernels < 2.6.22 Hans Verkuil
2008-11-27 13:52 ` Andy Walls
2008-11-27 15:54 ` Jackson Yee
2008-11-27 14:08 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2008-11-27 14:20 ` Laurent Pinchart
2008-11-28 10:10 ` Darren Longhorn [this message]
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2008-11-27 14:18 Hans Verkuil
2008-11-27 7:32 Hans Verkuil
2008-11-27 9:41 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2008-11-27 14:22 ` Douglas Schilling Landgraf
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