Add TODO files for mx2/mx3/omap1 to explain the status of these drivers and what needs to be done in order to keep them from being removed soon. Also a small fix for the mx2/Kconfig that mistakingly mentioned a vb2 conversion. That's not needed for that driver. Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/media/mx2/Kconfig | 9 ++++++--- drivers/staging/media/mx2/TODO | 10 ++++++++++ drivers/staging/media/mx3/TODO | 10 ++++++++++ drivers/staging/media/omap1/TODO | 8 ++++++++ 4 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100644 drivers/staging/media/mx2/TODO create mode 100644 drivers/staging/media/mx3/TODO create mode 100644 drivers/staging/media/omap1/TODO diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/mx2/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/media/mx2/Kconfig index e080ab9..beaa885 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/media/mx2/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/staging/media/mx2/Kconfig @@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ config VIDEO_MX2 ---help--- This is a v4l2 driver for the i.MX27 Camera Sensor Interface - This driver is deprecated and will be removed soon unless someone - will start the work to convert this driver to the vb2 framework - and remove the soc-camera dependency. + This driver is deprecated: it should become a stand-alone driver + instead of using the soc-camera framework. + + Unless someone is willing to take this on (unlikely with such + ancient hardware) it is going to be removed from the kernel + soon. diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/mx2/TODO b/drivers/staging/media/mx2/TODO new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bc68fa4 --- /dev/null +++ b/drivers/staging/media/mx2/TODO @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +This driver is deprecated: it should become a stand-alone driver instead of +using the soc-camera framework. + +Unless someone is willing to take this on (unlikely with such ancient +hardware) it is going to be removed from the kernel soon. + +Note that trivial patches will not be accepted anymore, only a full conversion. + +If you want to convert this driver, please contact the linux-media mailinglist +(see http://linuxtv.org/lists.php). diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/mx3/TODO b/drivers/staging/media/mx3/TODO new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bc68fa4 --- /dev/null +++ b/drivers/staging/media/mx3/TODO @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +This driver is deprecated: it should become a stand-alone driver instead of +using the soc-camera framework. + +Unless someone is willing to take this on (unlikely with such ancient +hardware) it is going to be removed from the kernel soon. + +Note that trivial patches will not be accepted anymore, only a full conversion. + +If you want to convert this driver, please contact the linux-media mailinglist +(see http://linuxtv.org/lists.php). diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/omap1/TODO b/drivers/staging/media/omap1/TODO new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1025f9f --- /dev/null +++ b/drivers/staging/media/omap1/TODO @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +This driver is deprecated and will be removed soon unless someone will start +the work to convert this driver to the vb2 framework and remove the +soc-camera dependency. + +Note that trivial patches will not be accepted anymore, only a full conversion. + +If you want to convert this driver, please contact the linux-media mailinglist +(see http://linuxtv.org/lists.php). -- 2.7.0 -- 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
