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[83.28.37.152]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-49ffd137346sm77143385e9.1.2026.09.27.02.40.18 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 27 Sep 2026 02:40:19 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2026 11:40:15 +0200 From: Michal Pecio To: johannes.goede@oss.qualcomm.com Cc: Hans Verkuil , Linux Media Mailing List , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , Laurent Pinchart , Ethan Nelson-Moore , Frank Zago , Olivier Lorin , Erik Andren , Brian Johnson , Leandro Costantino Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] media: usb: gspca: remove driver for old webcams Message-ID: <20260927114015.37cfe3b2.michal.pecio@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9d6cf632-0c6a-4f93-8c63-2abb7cacdeac@oss.qualcomm.com> References: <6e63b180-d6c6-41e9-a2a2-78cced514f7e@kernel.org> <9d6cf632-0c6a-4f93-8c63-2abb7cacdeac@oss.qualcomm.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-media@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:29:10 +0200, johannes.goede@oss.qualcomm.com wrote: > Hi, > > On 23-Sep-26 09:32, Hans Verkuil wrote: > > The gspca driver supports a large number of old non-UVC webcams > > that use proprietary formats. > > > > These webcams are poorly maintained, have very poor image quality, > > and there is no use-case for them anymore since even the cheapest > > UVC webcam will be better than these. > > > > The last time there was a 'real' change to gspca was in 2021, one in > > 2019 and one in 2018. > > > > We see an uptick in the number of suspected AI patches in this > > driver, and I really don't want to waste time on that. Well, quietly ignoring AI slop is an option I guess. > > So let's remove this driver. > > > > Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil > > As someone who did a lot of work on gspca I'm a bit sad to see this > go, with that said I understand why you're doing this and I think it > likely is for the best. > > The only worry I have is that some of the earlier builtin laptop USB > webcams might not all have been UVC and replacing the builtin cam is > no were near as easy as replacing an external one. That was my first thought too, because I have a laptop with m5602 IIRC. But TBH this laptop mostly just gathers dust nowadays, so IDK how much people still care about these drivers. Regards, Michal