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Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:59:27 -0200
From: Douglas Schilling Landgraf <dougsland@gmail.com>
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Hello Andy,

On 01/15/2010 10:00 AM, Andy Walls wrote:
> Mauro,
>
> At
>
> http://linuxtv.org/hg/~awalls/cx23885-ir2
>
> I have a change checked in to fix the v4l-dvb compilation breakage for
> kernels less than 2.6.33 cause by the kfifo API change.  I have fixed
> both the cx23885 and meye driver so they compile again for older
> kernels.
>
> All the changes in this repo are OK to PULL as is, even though I haven't
> finished all the changes for the TeVii S470 IR  (I was planning on a
> PULL request late this evening EST).  You can also just cherry pick the
> one that fixes the kfifo problem if you want.
>
> [I was unaware of the timing of the backport, but since it was stopping
> me from working, I fixed it as I thought appropriate.

Ouch, I was expecting to send the pull request for these changes before.
I have created the exactly same patches. Anyway, good that we have these 
backports done.

>    Please feel free
> to contact me on any backport changes that have my fingerprints all over
> it, with which you would like help.  I'd like to help minimize the
> impact to users, testers, and developers, who may not have the bleeding
> edge kernel - or at least the impact to me ;) ]
>
>    

Cheers,
Douglas