Identifying a memory-to-memory video device through an ORed output and capture capability flags is not reliable. Schedule this for removal. Signed-off-by: Sylwester Nawrocki <sylvester.nawrocki@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 09701af..950d84a 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -558,3 +558,17 @@ Why: The V4L2_CID_VCENTER, V4L2_CID_HCENTER controls have been deprecated There are newer controls (V4L2_CID_PAN*, V4L2_CID_TILT*) that provide similar functionality. Who: Sylwester Nawrocki <sylvester.nawrocki@xxxxxxxxx> + +---------------------------- + +What: Using V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_CAPTURE and V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_OUTPUT flags + to indicate a V4L2 memory-to-memory device capability +When: 3.8 +Why: New drivers should use new V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_M2M capability flag + to indicate a V4L2 video memory-to-memory (M2M) device and + applications can now identify a M2M video device by checking + for V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_M2M, with VIDIOC_QUERYCAP ioctl. Using ORed + V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_CAPTURE and V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_OUTPUT flags for M2M + devices is ambiguous and may lead, for example, to identifying + a M2M device as a video capture or output device. +Who: Sylwester Nawrocki <sylvester.nawrocki@xxxxxxxxx> -- 1.7.4.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
