From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp-out.coditel.net (smtp-out.coditel.net [212.95.66.33]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6B52DDE04 for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2007 09:29:14 +1100 (EST) Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 23:00:42 +0100 (CET) From: Mich Lanners Subject: Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] remove the broken VIDEO_PLANB driver To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Adrian Bunk In-Reply-To: <1167946479.5273.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: References: <20070104185323.GF20714@stusta.de> <1167946479.5273.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=us-ascii Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, v4l-dvb-maintainer@linuxtv.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mchehab@infradead.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Hi Adrian, hi Ben, On 5 Jan, this message from Benjamin Herrenschmidt echoed through cyberspace: > On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 19:53 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: >> The VIDEO_PLANB driver: >> - has been marked as BROKEN for more than two years and >> - is still marked as BROKEN. >> >> Drivers that had been marked as BROKEN for such a long time seem to >> be unlikely to be revived in the forseeable future. I was waiting for this one :-) I have to admit I don't have the time to work on this anymore, so either Ben can fix something, or I will sadly add my s-o-b. >> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk > > I suppose I could give it a go as I do have a machine with that > hardware rusting somewhere... Don't remove it right away, I'll have a > look. If you need explanations about the code or the hardware, don't hesitate to ask. Not sure what I still remember, but I still have my old paper notes. Cheers Michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email mlan@cpu.lu | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. "