Re: [GIT PATCHES FOR 2.6.37] Remove V4L1 support from the pwc driver

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On Monday, September 13, 2010 14:56:35 Andy Walls wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 09:02 +0200, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> > On Sunday, September 12, 2010 23:12:42 Andy Walls wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2010-09-12 at 22:26 +0200, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> > > 
> > > > And other news on the V4L1 front:
> > > 
> > > > I'm waiting for test results on the cpia2 driver. If it works, then the V4L1
> > > > support can be removed from that driver as well.
> > > 
> > > FYI, that will break this 2005 vintage piece of V4L1 software people may
> > > still be using for the QX5 microscope:
> > > 
> > > http://www.cryptoforge.net/qx5/qx5view/
> > > http://www.cryptoforge.net/qx5/qx5view/qx5view-0.5.tar.gz
> > 
> > Why? qx5view has support for v4l2 as well.
> 
> The frontend.c file in the tar archive used these ioctls:
> 
> VIDIOCSYNC
> VIDIOCSPICT
> VIDIOCMCAPTURE
> VIDIOCSWIN
> VIDIOCGCAP
> VIDIOCGWIN
> VIDIOCGMBUF
> 
> I could have sworn those were V4L1.  But in any case, I forgot we have a
> V4L1 compat layer in place.

True, but there is also a HAVE_V4L2 define that enables v4l2 support. Whether
it works is another matter :-)

In any case, if this is a really useful application, then we can add it to
git. Or enhance e.g. qv4l2 to be able to handle this gracefully.

Regards,

	Hans

> 
> Please disregard.
> 
> I apparently need to spend spend more time reading and testing to get my
> fact straight lately, and less time clicking the send button on
> emails. :P
> 
> Regards,
> Andy
> 
> 
> 

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Hans Verkuil - video4linux developer - sponsored by TANDBERG, part of Cisco
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