From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from webmail.icp-qv1-irony-out3.iinet.net.au ([203.59.1.149]:58818 "EHLO webmail.icp-qv1-irony-out3.iinet.net.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752543AbZBWBYv convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:24:51 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 From: "sonofzev@iinet.net.au" To: Hans Verkuil , hermann pitton Subject: Re: POLL: for/against dropping support for kernels < 2.6.22 Reply-To: sonofzev@iinet.net.au Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:24:29 +0900 Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Message-Id: <36300.1235352269@iinet.net.au> Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 > > >-- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >)