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Commit 7af97eff authored by Mauro Carvalho Chehab's avatar Mauro Carvalho Chehab
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V4L/DVB: Deprecate cpia driver (used for parallel port webcams) 



cpia driver were re-written inside gspca driver, for USB devices. The only
functionality that were not migrated is the support for parallel port,
as:
	1) the developer didn't find any hardware;
	2) it doesn't  seem important to keep support for a parallel port webcam,
	   as this is an obsolete technology;
	3) the changes at gspca for it to work with parallel port would be very large;
	4) this driver still uses BKL.

So, let's move it to drivers/staging and label it to die at 2.6.38, if nobody
cares enough to port parallel port support to gspca or to create a new driver
that uses the same gspca-cpia sub-driver.

Signed-off-by: default avatarMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
parent da497e30

Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt

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@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Who: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> 
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What:	Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and from Video devices.

When:	July 2009

When:	kernel 2.6.38

Files:	include/linux/videodev.h

Check:	include/linux/videodev.h

Why:	V4L1 AP1 was replaced by V4L2 API during migration from 2.4 to 2.6
@@ -116,6 +116,21 @@ Who: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> 


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What:	Video4Linux obsolete drivers using V4L1 API

When:	kernel 2.6.38

Files:	drivers/staging/cpia/*

Check:	drivers/staging/cpia/cpia.c

Why:	There are some drivers still using V4L1 API, despite all efforts we've done

	to migrate. Those drivers are for obsolete hardware that the old maintainer

	didn't care (or not have the hardware anymore), and that no other developer

	could find any hardware to buy. They probably have no practical usage today,

	and people with such old hardware could probably keep using an older version

	of the kernel. Those drivers will be moved to staging on 2.6.37 and, if nobody

	care enough to port and test them with V4L2 API, they'll be removed on 2.6.38.

Who:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>



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What:	sys_sysctl

When:	September 2010

Option: CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL

drivers/media/video/Kconfig

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@@ -599,46 +599,6 @@ config VIDEO_W9966 
	  Check out <file:Documentation/video4linux/w9966.txt> for more

	  information.



config VIDEO_CPIA

	tristate "CPiA Video For Linux (DEPRECATED)"

	depends on VIDEO_V4L1

	default n

	---help---

	  This driver is DEPRECATED please use the gspca cpia1 module

	  instead. Note that you need atleast version 0.6.4 of libv4l for

	  the cpia1 gspca module.



	  This is the video4linux driver for cameras based on Vision's CPiA

	  (Colour Processor Interface ASIC), such as the Creative Labs Video

	  Blaster Webcam II. If you have one of these cameras, say Y here

	  and select parallel port and/or USB lowlevel support below,

	  otherwise say N. This will not work with the Creative Webcam III.



	  Please read <file:Documentation/video4linux/README.cpia> for more

	  information.



	  This driver is also available as a module (cpia).



config VIDEO_CPIA_PP

	tristate "CPiA Parallel Port Lowlevel Support"

	depends on PARPORT_1284 && VIDEO_CPIA && PARPORT

	help

	  This is the lowlevel parallel port support for cameras based on

	  Vision's CPiA (Colour Processor Interface ASIC), such as the

	  Creative Webcam II. If you have the parallel port version of one

	  of these cameras, say Y here, otherwise say N. It is also available

	  as a module (cpia_pp).



config VIDEO_CPIA_USB

	tristate "CPiA USB Lowlevel Support"

	depends on VIDEO_CPIA && USB

	help

	  This is the lowlevel USB support for cameras based on Vision's CPiA

	  (Colour Processor Interface ASIC), such as the Creative Webcam II.

	  If you have the USB version of one of these cameras, say Y here,

	  otherwise say N. This will not work with the Creative Webcam III.

	  It is also available as a module (cpia_usb).



source "drivers/media/video/cpia2/Kconfig"



config VIDEO_VINO

drivers/media/video/Makefile

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@@ -92,9 +92,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_W9966) += w9966.o 
obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_PMS) += pms.o

obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_VINO) += vino.o

obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_STRADIS) += stradis.o

obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_CPIA) += cpia.o

obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_CPIA_PP) += cpia_pp.o

obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_CPIA_USB) += cpia_usb.o

obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_MEYE) += meye.o

obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_SAA7134) += saa7134/

obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_CX88) += cx88/

drivers/staging/Kconfig

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source "drivers/staging/tm6000/Kconfig"



source "drivers/staging/cpia/Kconfig"



source "drivers/staging/usbip/Kconfig"



source "drivers/staging/winbond/Kconfig"

drivers/staging/Makefile

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obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_GO7007)	+= go7007/

obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_CX25821)	+= cx25821/

obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_TM6000)	+= tm6000/

obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_CPIA)	+= cpia/

obj-$(CONFIG_LIRC_STAGING)	+= lirc/

obj-$(CONFIG_USB_IP_COMMON)	+= usbip/

obj-$(CONFIG_W35UND)		+= winbond/