V4L/DVB (6378b): Updates info about the removal of V4L1 at feature-removal-schedule.txt (11a5a10e) · Commits · e / devices / android_kernel_fairphone_FP3

Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt

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		@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ Who: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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		What: Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices.
		When: December 2006
		Files: include/linux/video_decoder.h
		Check: include/linux/video_decoder.h
		Why: V4L1 AP1 was replaced by V4L2 API. during migration from 2.4 to 2.6
		When: December 2008
		Files: include/linux/video_decoder.h include/linux/videodev.h
		Check: include/linux/video_decoder.h include/linux/videodev.h
		Why: V4L1 AP1 was replaced by V4L2 API during migration from 2.4 to 2.6
		series. The old API have lots of drawbacks and don't provide enough
		means to work with all video and audio standards. The newer API is
		already available on the main drivers and should be used instead.
		@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ Why: V4L1 AP1 was replaced by V4L2 API. during migration from 2.4 to 2.6
		Decoder iocts are using internally to allow video drivers to
		communicate with video decoders. This should also be improved to allow
		V4L2 calls being translated into compatible internal ioctls.
		Who: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
		Compatibility ioctls will be provided, for a while, via
		v4l1-compat module.
		Who: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>

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