Re: POLL: for/against dropping support for kernels < 2.6.22

["sonofzev@iinet.net.au" <sonofzev@iinet.net.au>]

Yes... 


On Mon Feb 23 12:13 , hermann pitton  sent:

>
>Am Sonntag, den 22.02.2009, 11:15 +0100 schrieb Hans Verkuil:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> There are lot's of discussions, but it can be hard sometimes to actually 
>> determine someone's opinion.
>> 
>> So here is a quick poll, please reply either to the list or directly to me 
>> with your yes/no answer and (optional but welcome) a short explanation to 
>> your standpoint. It doesn't matter if you are a user or developer, I'd like 
>> to see your opinion regardless.
>> 
>> Please DO NOT reply to the replies, I'll summarize the results in a week's 
>> time and then we can discuss it further.
>> 
>> Should we drop support for kernels 
>> 
>> _: Yes
>> _: No
>
>Yes.
>
>> Optional question:
>> 
>> Why:
>
>Keeping too old kernels supported makes others lazy and in worst case
>they ask you to support v4l2 version one. (happened)
>
>Our user base for new devices is covered with down to 2.6.22 for now, we
>likely never got anything from those on old commercial distribution
>kernels, same for Debian and stuff derived from there.
>
>Since new drivers actually prefer to avoid the compat work and are happy
>to make it just into the latest rc1 during the merge window and further
>from there, there is no loss either.
>
>Some new devices we likely get on already established drivers should not
>be hard to add to a v4l-dvb tar ball we leave with support for the even
>older kernels.
>
>Cheers,
>Hermann
> 
>
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