From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <4E8AEB66.9030500@domain.hid> Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:17:58 +0200 From: Gilles Chanteperdrix MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4E81D866.5000504@domain.hid> <4E8756EA.1060700@domain.hid> <4E8ABC9A.4070604@domain.hid> In-Reply-To: <4E8ABC9A.4070604@domain.hid> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Xenomai-core] Analogy: idx_write_subd field in a4l_desc_t List-Id: Xenomai life and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Daniele Nicolodi Cc: xenomai@xenomai.org On 10/04/2011 09:58 AM, Daniele Nicolodi wrote: > On 01/10/11 20:07, Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote: >>> For API / ABI compatibility reasons, I waited a major release before >>> removing the fields idx_{read, write}_subd. I should have thought >>> twice before removing their initializations. I will fix that soon, >>> sorry. >> >> 2.6 is a new major release, and not out yet, so, if you want to remove >> something, it is still time. > > If we are open to some partially backward incompatible changes I propose > to also change the meaning of the a4l_desc_t board_name field, to really > be the board name, instead of the driver name. I find this information > more useful when enumerating devices in my setup. > > I would also like to propose a patch to demote some messages, logged at > each interrupt, in the ni_pcimio driver from the info to the debug > level. I run continuous acquisitions and those kernel messages pollute > my syslog with not much added value and fill my disc with redundant > information. If you want things merged, send the patches, they will reach xenomai-head repository through Alex. -- Gilles.