Re: [PATCH] Several compat additions

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>On Sun, 14 May 2006, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
>> >
>> > Include meda/v4l2-common.h instead of manual extern prototype for
>> Typo: midia, instead of meda.
>
>Typo: media ;)
>
>> This patch uses a very weird logic... It would make the gentree scripts
>> too much complex without need. I would, instead do:
>>
>> at linux/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/konicawc.c:
>>
>> #include <linux/module.h>
>> #include <linux/init.h>
>> #include <linux/input.h>
>> #include "compat.h"
>
>This won't work.  The usb_to_input_id() function in compat.h needs both
>linux/usb.h and linux/input.h to be included _before_ it is defined.
>
>This is the relevant include order before any changes:
>
>linux/input.h
>linux/usb_input.h
>usbvideo.h
>    compat.h
>    linux/videodev.h		(must be after compat.h)
>    linux/usb.h
>
>If you take my patch and strip out compat.h and #if/#define V4LCOMPAT code,
>the rest of the code is exactly the same as what was there before.
>
>I have a version that I thought was nicer, but it requires changing the
>includes in konicawc.c a bit.
>
>diff konicawc.c
>#include <linux/kernel.h>
>#include <linux/module.h>
>#include <linux/init.h>
>#include <linux/input.h>
>+#include <linux/usb.h>
>+#include "compat.h"	/* it's either this or version.h */
>+#ifndef V4LCOMPAT_NO_USB_INPUT
>+#include <linux/usb_input.h>
>+#endif
>
>code in compat.h:
>
>/* only use this if linux/usb.h and linux/input.h have been included */
>#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,13) && \
>        defined(__LINUX_USB_H) && defined(_INPUT_H)
>/* Found in linux/usb_input.h in 2.6.13 */
>#define V4LCOMPAT_NO_USB_INPUT
>static inline void
>usb_to_input_id(const struct usb_device *dev, struct input_id *id)
>
>I think this version is much nicer, but it means that after the compat
>stuff is stripped, there will be an extra #include <linux/usb.h>.

Just a general consideration (I didn't follow this thread, so I may be wrong...):

If only the order of includes matters, I'd suggest to include linux/usb.h
and linux/input.h inside compat.h. (That shouldn't bother bother non-usb
devices.)


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