From: David Hawkins <dwh@ovro.caltech.edu>
To: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>, Ira Snyder <ira.snyder@gmail.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
iws@ovro.caltech.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] carma-fpga: remove videobuf dependency
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:00:44 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <548B1F3C.8000600@ovro.caltech.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <548AF563.3050204@xs4all.nl>
Hi Hans!
>> On Nov 23, 2014 6:31 AM, "Hans Verkuil" <hverkuil@xs4all.nl
>> <mailto:hverkuil@xs4all.nl>> wrote:
>>>
>>> While checking which drivers were still abusing internal videobuf
>>> API functions I came across these carma fpga misc drivers. These
>>> drivers have absolutely nothing to do with videobuf or the media
>>> subsystem.
>>>
>>> Drivers shouldn't use those low-level functions in the first
>>> place, and in fact in the long run the videobuf API will be
>>> removed altogether.
>>>
>>> So remove the videobuf dependency from these two drivers.
>>>
>>> This has been compile tested (and that clearly hasn't been done
>>> for carma-fpga-program.c recently).
>>>
>>> Greg, is this something you want to take as misc driver
>>> maintainer? That makes more sense than going through the media
>>> tree.
>>>
>>> The first patch should probably go to 3.18.
>>>
>>> I have no idea if anyone can test this with actual hardware. Ira,
>>> is that something you can do?
>>
>> Hi Hans. My colleague Dave Hawkins (CC'd) is in charge of this
>> hardware now. He can help to get this patch tested.
>
> Any updates on this?
Sorry, I was hoping to get around to setting up a build system
for this board and testing it, but I have not had a chance to.
Go ahead and apply any changes you need, and I'll try to get a
hardware test done before Christmas :)
Thanks!
Cheers,
Dave
prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-12-12 17:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-11-23 14:23 [PATCH 0/3] carma-fpga: remove videobuf dependency Hans Verkuil
2014-11-23 14:23 ` [PATCH 1/3] carma-fpga-program.c: fix compile errors Hans Verkuil
2014-11-23 14:23 ` [PATCH 2/3] carma-fpga: drop videobuf dependency Hans Verkuil
2014-11-23 14:23 ` [PATCH 3/3] carma-fpga-program: " Hans Verkuil
[not found] ` <CAH1ssNCnfdzCx5DhVW1=Kd8_J0wGaQ2yhbmUoZLG29g+12qV+g@mail.gmail.com>
2014-12-12 14:02 ` [PATCH 0/3] carma-fpga: remove " Hans Verkuil
2014-12-12 17:00 ` David Hawkins [this message]
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