From patchwork Tue Mar 1 13:17:59 2011 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Mauro Carvalho Chehab X-Patchwork-Id: 599131 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by demeter1.kernel.org (8.14.4/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p21DKLSk015382 for ; Tue, 1 Mar 2011 13:20:21 GMT Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753090Ab1CANUT (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Mar 2011 08:20:19 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:33560 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753062Ab1CANUT (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Mar 2011 08:20:19 -0500 Received: from int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.11]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p21DKINI026050 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 1 Mar 2011 08:20:19 -0500 Received: from pedra (vpn-225-140.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.225.140]) by int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p21DIEb8025546 for ; Tue, 1 Mar 2011 08:20:18 -0500 Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 10:17:59 -0300 From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Cc: Linux Media Mailing List Subject: [PATCH 3/3] [media] DocBook: Document the removal of the old VIDIOC_*_OLD ioctls Message-ID: <20110301101759.31f56a58@pedra> In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.67 on 10.5.11.11 To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input) Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-media@vger.kernel.org X-Greylist: IP, sender and recipient auto-whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (demeter1.kernel.org [140.211.167.41]); Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:20:21 +0000 (UTC) diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml index 223c24c..4d74bf2 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml @@ -1711,8 +1711,8 @@ ioctl would enumerate the available audio inputs. An ioctl to determine the current audio input, if more than one combines with the current video input, did not exist. So VIDIOC_G_AUDIO was renamed to -VIDIOC_G_AUDIO_OLD, this ioctl will be removed in -the future. The &VIDIOC-ENUMAUDIO; ioctl was added to enumerate +VIDIOC_G_AUDIO_OLD, this ioctl was removed on +Kernel 2.6.39. The &VIDIOC-ENUMAUDIO; ioctl was added to enumerate audio inputs, while &VIDIOC-G-AUDIO; now reports the current audio input. The same changes were made to &VIDIOC-G-AUDOUT; and @@ -1726,7 +1726,7 @@ must be updated to successfully compile again. The &VIDIOC-OVERLAY; ioctl was incorrectly defined with write-read parameter. It was changed to write-only, while the write-read version was renamed to VIDIOC_OVERLAY_OLD. The old -ioctl will be removed in the future. Until further the "videodev" +ioctl was removed on Kernel 2.6.39. Until further the "videodev" kernel module will automatically translate to the new version, so drivers must be recompiled, but not applications. @@ -1744,7 +1744,7 @@ surface can be seen. defined with write-only parameter, inconsistent with other ioctls modifying their argument. They were changed to write-read, while a _OLD suffix was added to the write-only versions. -The old ioctls will be removed in the future. Drivers and +The old ioctls were removed on Kernel 2.6.39. Drivers and applications assuming a constant parameter need an update. @@ -1815,8 +1815,8 @@ yet to be addressed, for details see The &VIDIOC-CROPCAP; ioctl was incorrectly defined with read-only parameter. It is now defined as write-read ioctl, while the read-only version was renamed to -VIDIOC_CROPCAP_OLD. The old ioctl will be removed -in the future. +VIDIOC_CROPCAP_OLD. The old ioctl was removed +on Kernel 2.6.39. @@ -2364,6 +2364,14 @@ that used it. It was originally scheduled for removal in 2.6.35. +
+ V4L2 in Linux 2.6.39 + + + The old VIDIOC_*_OLD symbols and V4L1 support were removed. + + +
Relation of V4L2 to other Linux multimedia APIs