[PATCH] V4L: removal schedule for V4L1 API

States a date for removing V4L1 API

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 66e4ca2..429db4b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -67,6 +67,21 @@ Who: Jody McIntyre <scjody@steamballoon.com>
 
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+What:  Video4Linux API 1 ioctls and video_decoder.h from Video devices.
+When:  July 2006
+Why:   V4L1 AP1 was replaced by V4L2 API. during migration from 2.4 to 2.6
+       series. The old API have lots of drawbacks and don't provide enough
+       means to work with all video and audio standards. The newer API is
+       already available on the main drivers and should be used instead.
+       Newer drivers should use v4l_compat_translate_ioctl function to handle
+       old calls, replacing to newer ones.
+       Decoder iocts are using internally to allow video drivers to
+       communicate with video decoders. This should also be improved to allow
+       V4L2 calls being translated into compatible internal ioctls.
+Who:   Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@brturbo.com.br>
+
+---------------------------
+
 What:  i2c sysfs name change: in1_ref, vid deprecated in favour of cpu0_vid
 When:  November 2005
 Files: drivers/i2c/chips/adm1025.c, drivers/i2c/chips/adm1026.c