From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-1.atlantis.sk ([80.94.52.57]:35875 "EHLO mail-1.atlantis.sk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S967484AbaLLOaR (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:30:17 -0500 From: Ondrej Zary To: Hans Verkuil Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Deprecate drivers Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 15:29:59 +0100 Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org References: <1417534833-46844-1-git-send-email-hverkuil@xs4all.nl> <201412022342.19472.linux@rainbow-software.org> <54881139.5030303@xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <54881139.5030303@xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <201412121530.00085.linux@rainbow-software.org> Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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