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From: Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [V4L] [PATCH/RFC] videodev.[ch] redesign
Date: 10 Feb 2002 08:59:45 GMT	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrna6cdk1.ret.kraxel@bytesex.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020209194602.A23061@bytesex.org> <200202100203.g1A23To32387@devserv.devel.redhat.com>

Alan Cox wrote:
> > It also provides a ioctl wrapper function which handles copying the
> > ioctl args from/to userspace, so we have this at one place can drop all
> > the copy_from/to_user calls within the v4l device driver ioctl handlers.
> > 
> > Comments?
>  
>  I'm not sure 2.4 should change but for 2.5 this is absolutely bang on
>  perfect

For 2.5 I want switch over to using file_operations completely and drop
the old stuff.  Thus 2.4 should provide both old+new way to handle
stuff:  The old one for backward compatibility and the new one to allow
backporting 2.5.x drivers to 2.4 ...

Yesterday I've booted a 2.5.x kernel the first time and managed to make
bttv work there.  2.5.x version of the will follow ...

  Gerd

-- 
#define	ENOCLUE 125 /* userland programmer induced race condition */

  reply	other threads:[~2002-02-10  9:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-02-09 18:46 [PATCH/RFC] videodev.[ch] redesign Gerd Knorr
2002-02-09 20:53 ` Oliver Neukum
2002-02-09 20:44   ` Gerd Knorr
2002-02-10  0:32     ` Oliver Neukum
2002-02-10  8:34       ` Gerd Knorr
2002-02-09 20:53 ` Oliver Neukum
2002-02-10  2:03 ` [V4L] " Alan Cox
2002-02-10  8:59   ` Gerd Knorr [this message]
2002-02-11 21:10     ` [PATCH/RFC] videodev.[ch] redesign -- take #2 Gerd Knorr
2002-02-10  3:58 ` [V4L] [PATCH/RFC] videodev.[ch] redesign Mark McClelland
2002-02-10  9:11   ` Gerd Knorr
2002-02-10 12:54     ` Mark McClelland
2002-02-11  9:55       ` Gerd Knorr
2002-02-11 11:58         ` Mark McClelland

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