Re: [v4l-dvb-maintainer] [2.6 patch] VIDEO_V4L1 shouldn't be user-visible

[Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>]

Em Qui, 2006-06-29 às 20:59 -0400, Jon Smirl escreveu:
> On 6/29/06, Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> wrote:
> > Also, on V4L side, the V4L1 api is stopping V4L development. V4L API 2
> > is already at kernel since the beginning of kernel 2.6 series, and fixes
> > several flaws at the old api (V4L1 API were designed on 2.1 series).
> > Still now, most applications still implement only V4L1, and people do
> > submit newer v4l1 drivers to us.
> >
> > We do really go ahead, making V4L2 API the standard.
> 
> I don't think anyone would complain about dropping V4L1 if the people
> pushing V4L2 were to port the 25 or so drivers that depend on V4L1 to
> the V4L2 API.
We are working on it. The issue will be someone to test all those
drivers for the obsolete hardwares.
> As long as those V4L1 dependent drivers are around
> people are going to want to keep using V4L1. You may want to consider
> building some in-kernel compatibility APIs into V4L2 to make porting
> those drivers easier.
Most of changes are just trivial. Just one will requre more work, since
it is related to newer mmap methods on V4L2.
> 
Cheers, 
Mauro.