From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:52838 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1754119AbZCFQUS (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Mar 2009 11:20:18 -0500 Message-ID: <49B14D3C.3010001@gmx.de> Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:20:12 +0100 From: wk MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Hans Verkuil CC: Mauro Carvalho Chehab , linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: V4L2 spec References: <200903061523.15766.hverkuil@xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <200903061523.15766.hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hans Verkuil wrote: > Hi Mauro, > > I noticed that there is an ancient V4L2 spec in our tree in the v4l/API > directory. Is that spec used in any way? I don't think so, so I suggest > that it is removed. > > The V4L1 spec that is there should probably be moved to the v4l2-spec > directory as that is where people would look for it. We can just keep it > there for reference. > > The documentation on www.linuxtv.org is also out of date. How are we going > to update that? > > I think that a good schedule would be right after a kernel merge window > closes. The spec at that moment is the spec for that new kernel and that's > a good moment to update the website. > > The current spec is really old, though, and should be updated asap. > > Note that the specs from the daily build are always available from > www.xs4all.nl/~hverkuil/spec. I've modified the build to upload the > dvbapi.pdf as well. > > Regards, > > Hans > > Wouldn't it make sense to merge both apis, v4l2 and dvb together? - dvb api is completely outdated, would be good to be rewritten anyway. - v4l2 and dvb share the same hg - v4l2 and dvb share the same wiki - a lot of developers are active in both topics - any person interested in video and tv could be directed to the same file Just some thoughts to the topic.. --Winfried