[media] tlg2300: move to staging in preparation for removal
authorHans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>
Tue, 2 Dec 2014 15:40:32 +0000 (12:40 -0300)
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@osg.samsung.com>
Wed, 17 Dec 2014 01:21:43 +0000 (23:21 -0200)
This driver hasn't been tested in a long, long time. The company that made
this chip has gone bust many years ago and hardware using this chip is next
to impossible to find.

This driver needs to be converted to newer media frameworks but due to the
lack of hardware that's going to be impossible. Since cheap alternatives are
easily available, there is little point in keeping this driver alive.

In other words, this driver is a prime candidate for removal. If someone is
interested in working on this driver to prevent its removal, then please
contact the linux-media mailinglist.

Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>
Acked-by: Huang Shijie <shijie8@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@osg.samsung.com>
13 files changed:
drivers/media/usb/Kconfig
drivers/media/usb/Makefile
drivers/staging/media/Kconfig
drivers/staging/media/Makefile
drivers/staging/media/tlg2300/Kconfig [moved from drivers/media/usb/tlg2300/Kconfig with 63% similarity]
drivers/staging/media/tlg2300/Makefile [moved from drivers/media/usb/tlg2300/Makefile with 100% similarity]
drivers/staging/media/tlg2300/pd-alsa.c [moved from drivers/media/usb/tlg2300/pd-alsa.c with 100% similarity]
drivers/staging/media/tlg2300/pd-common.h [moved from drivers/media/usb/tlg2300/pd-common.h with 100% similarity]
drivers/staging/media/tlg2300/pd-dvb.c [moved from drivers/media/usb/tlg2300/pd-dvb.c with 100% similarity]
drivers/staging/media/tlg2300/pd-main.c [moved from drivers/media/usb/tlg2300/pd-main.c with 100% similarity]
drivers/staging/media/tlg2300/pd-radio.c [moved from drivers/media/usb/tlg2300/pd-radio.c with 100% similarity]
drivers/staging/media/tlg2300/pd-video.c [moved from drivers/media/usb/tlg2300/pd-video.c with 100% similarity]
drivers/staging/media/tlg2300/vendorcmds.h [moved from drivers/media/usb/tlg2300/vendorcmds.h with 100% similarity]

index 056181f..7496f33 100644 (file)
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ if MEDIA_ANALOG_TV_SUPPORT
        comment "Analog TV USB devices"
 source "drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/Kconfig"
-source "drivers/media/usb/tlg2300/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/media/usb/usbvision/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/media/usb/stk1160/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/media/usb/go7007/Kconfig"
index 6f2eb7c..8874ba7 100644 (file)
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_CPIA2) += cpia2/
 obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_AU0828) += au0828/
 obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_HDPVR)      += hdpvr/
 obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_PVRUSB2) += pvrusb2/
-obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_TLG2300) += tlg2300/
 obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_USBVISION) += usbvision/
 obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_STK1160) += stk1160/
 obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_CX231XX) += cx231xx/
index 6dce44e..209b265 100644 (file)
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ source "drivers/staging/media/davinci_vpfe/Kconfig"
 
 source "drivers/staging/media/dt3155v4l/Kconfig"
 
+source "drivers/staging/media/tlg2300/Kconfig"
+
 source "drivers/staging/media/mn88472/Kconfig"
 
 source "drivers/staging/media/mn88473/Kconfig"
index 7b713e7..a0eec73 100644 (file)
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_DM365_VPFE)  += davinci_vpfe/
 obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_OMAP4)      += omap4iss/
 obj-$(CONFIG_DVB_MN88472)       += mn88472/
 obj-$(CONFIG_DVB_MN88473)       += mn88473/
+obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_TLG2300)    += tlg2300/
 obj-y                           += vino/
 
similarity index 63%
rename from drivers/media/usb/tlg2300/Kconfig
rename to drivers/staging/media/tlg2300/Kconfig
index 645d915..81784c6 100644 (file)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 config VIDEO_TLG2300
-       tristate "Telegent TLG2300 USB video capture support"
+       tristate "Telegent TLG2300 USB video capture support (Deprecated)"
        depends on VIDEO_DEV && I2C && SND && DVB_CORE
        select VIDEO_TUNER
        select VIDEO_TVEEPROM
@@ -12,5 +12,9 @@ config VIDEO_TLG2300
          This is a video4linux driver for Telegent tlg2300 based TV cards.
          The driver supports V4L2, DVB-T and radio.
 
+         This driver is deprecated and will be removed soon. If you have
+         hardware for this and you want to work on this driver, then contact
+         the linux-media mailinglist.
+
          To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
          module will be called poseidon