From: Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org>
To: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Deprecate drivers
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 15:29:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201412121530.00085.linux@rainbow-software.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <54881139.5030303@xs4all.nl>
On Wednesday 10 December 2014, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> On 12/02/14 23:42, Ondrej Zary wrote:
> > On Tuesday 02 December 2014 16:40:30 Hans Verkuil wrote:
> >> This patch series deprecates the vino/saa7191 video driver (ancient SGI
> >> Indy computer), the parallel port webcams bw-qcam, c-qcam and w9966, the
> >> ISA video capture driver pms and the USB video capture tlg2300 driver.
> >>
> >> Hardware for these devices is next to impossible to obtain, these
> >> drivers haven't seen any development in ages, they often use deprecated
> >> APIs and without hardware that's very difficult to port. And cheap
> >> alternative products are easily available today.
> >
> > Just bought a QuickCam Pro parallel and some unknown parallel port
> > webcam. Will you accept patches? :)
>
> OK, so there is some confusion here. You aren't offering to work on any of
> the deprecated drivers, are you?
>
> I'm sure you meant this email as a joke, but before the drivers are
> deprecated it is good to get that confirmed.
(Sorry for the delay, I somehow missed this e-mail.)
I'll try to fix c-qcam driver (I suppose that it should work with QuickCam
Pro). The webcams are still on the way so I don't know what's inside the
unknown one.
--
Ondrej Zary
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-12-12 14:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-12-02 15:40 [PATCH 0/3] Deprecate drivers Hans Verkuil
2014-12-02 15:40 ` [PATCH 1/3] vino/saa7191: move to staging in preparation for removal Hans Verkuil
2014-12-02 15:40 ` [PATCH 2/3] tlg2300: " Hans Verkuil
2014-12-02 15:40 ` [PATCH 3/3] bq/c-qcam, w9966, pms: " Hans Verkuil
2014-12-02 22:42 ` [PATCH 0/3] Deprecate drivers Ondrej Zary
2014-12-10 9:24 ` Hans Verkuil
2014-12-12 14:29 ` Ondrej Zary [this message]
2014-12-12 14:32 ` Hans Verkuil
2014-12-21 21:21 ` Ondrej Zary
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