Re: [PATCH] staging: media: usbvision: removing prohibited space before ',' (ctx:WxW)

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 10:28:31AM +0200, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> On 27/06/2020 07:07, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > 
> > A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post
> > Q: Were do I find info about this thing called top-posting?
> > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> > A: Top-posting.
> > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
> > 
> > A: No.
> > Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?
> > 
> > http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top
> > 
> > On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 11:42:49AM -0400, B K KARTHIK PES2201800185STUDENT ECE DeptPESU EC Campus wrote:
> >> Oh, I'm sorry but wouldn't it be helpful if we had a file that lists
> >> all drivers that are scheduled for removal?
> > 
> > The TODO file in the directory for the driver should have this
> > information in it.  I don't know if all of the media drivers have this,
> > if not, then there is no way you could have known this.
> 
> They have, and in addition the Kconfig entry will mention that the driver
> is deprecated.
> 
> TODO of usbvision:
> 
> The driver is deprecated and scheduled for removal by the end
> of 2020.
> 
> In order to prevent removal the following actions would have to
> be taken:
> 
> - clean up the code
> - convert to the vb2 framework
> - fix the disconnect and free-on-last-user handling (i.e., add
>   a release callback for struct v4l2_device and rework the code
>   to use that correctly).

Ah, great, nevermind then!

B K, your wish is already granted, the text is present, you just needed
to have noticed it :)

greg k-h