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 mASAAsKv009881 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:10:54 -0500 Received: from smoke.redembedded.co.uk (mail.redembedded.co.uk [83.100.215.137]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id mASAAdV6003883 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:10:40 -0500 Received: from dhcp50.redembedded.com ([192.168.168.150]) by smoke.redembedded.co.uk with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1L60LO-0005FO-5G for video4linux-list@redhat.com; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:13:21 +0000 Message-ID: <492FC38B.6000703@redembedded.com> Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:10:19 +0000 From: Darren Longhorn MIME-Version: 1.0 To: video4linux-list@redhat.com References: <11380.62.70.2.252.1227781392.squirrel@webmail.xs4all.nl> <20081127120814.14f25c1b@pedra.chehab.org> <200811271520.48202.laurent.pinchart@skynet.be> In-Reply-To: <200811271520.48202.laurent.pinchart@skynet.be> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: RFC: drop support for kernels < 2.6.22 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: 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. -- video4linux-list mailing list Unsubscribe mailto:video4linux-list-request@redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list