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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2011-03-01 10:12:36 -0300
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2011-03-21 20:32:38 -0300
commita602d520acd331ba8bbc02aacccb5e9a0f561f25 (patch)
tree605018a97d854d143ab9b5e364626c0484336d39 /Documentation/DocBook
parentf6a373fb0569c98d6a44108f5e879f06abd46df3 (diff)
[media] DocBook: Document the removal of the old VIDIOC_*_OLD ioctls
Those ioctls passed away. Properly documented it. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/DocBook')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml20
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml
index 223c24c536b7..4d74bf24e114 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml
@@ -1711,8 +1711,8 @@ ioctl would enumerate the available audio inputs. An ioctl to
determine the current audio input, if more than one combines with the
current video input, did not exist. So
<constant>VIDIOC_G_AUDIO</constant> was renamed to
-<constant>VIDIOC_G_AUDIO_OLD</constant>, this ioctl will be removed in
-the future. The &VIDIOC-ENUMAUDIO; ioctl was added to enumerate
+<constant>VIDIOC_G_AUDIO_OLD</constant>, this ioctl was removed on
+Kernel 2.6.39. The &VIDIOC-ENUMAUDIO; ioctl was added to enumerate
audio inputs, while &VIDIOC-G-AUDIO; now reports the current audio
input.</para>
<para>The same changes were made to &VIDIOC-G-AUDOUT; and
@@ -1726,7 +1726,7 @@ must be updated to successfully compile again.</para>
<para>The &VIDIOC-OVERLAY; ioctl was incorrectly defined with
write-read parameter. It was changed to write-only, while the write-read
version was renamed to <constant>VIDIOC_OVERLAY_OLD</constant>. The old
-ioctl will be removed in the future. Until further the "videodev"
+ioctl was removed on Kernel 2.6.39. Until further the "videodev"
kernel module will automatically translate to the new version, so drivers
must be recompiled, but not applications.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1744,7 +1744,7 @@ surface can be seen.</para>
defined with write-only parameter, inconsistent with other ioctls
modifying their argument. They were changed to write-read, while a
<constant>_OLD</constant> suffix was added to the write-only versions.
-The old ioctls will be removed in the future. Drivers and
+The old ioctls were removed on Kernel 2.6.39. Drivers and
applications assuming a constant parameter need an update.</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
@@ -1815,8 +1815,8 @@ yet to be addressed, for details see <xref
<para>The &VIDIOC-CROPCAP; ioctl was incorrectly defined
with read-only parameter. It is now defined as write-read ioctl, while
the read-only version was renamed to
-<constant>VIDIOC_CROPCAP_OLD</constant>. The old ioctl will be removed
-in the future.</para>
+<constant>VIDIOC_CROPCAP_OLD</constant>. The old ioctl was removed
+on Kernel 2.6.39.</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</section>
@@ -2364,6 +2364,14 @@ that used it. It was originally scheduled for removal in 2.6.35.
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</section>
+ <section>
+ <title>V4L2 in Linux 2.6.39</title>
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The old VIDIOC_*_OLD symbols and V4L1 support were removed.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </section>
<section id="other">
<title>Relation of V4L2 to other Linux multimedia APIs</title>