From a602d520acd331ba8bbc02aacccb5e9a0f561f25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 10:12:36 -0300 Subject: [media] DocBook: Document the removal of the old VIDIOC_*_OLD ioctls Those ioctls passed away. Properly documented it. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --- Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml | 20 ++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml index 223c24c..4d74bf2 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 VIDIOC_G_AUDIO was renamed to -VIDIOC_G_AUDIO_OLD, this ioctl will be removed in -the future. The &VIDIOC-ENUMAUDIO; ioctl was added to enumerate +VIDIOC_G_AUDIO_OLD, 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. The same changes were made to &VIDIOC-G-AUDOUT; and @@ -1726,7 +1726,7 @@ must be updated to successfully compile again. 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 VIDIOC_OVERLAY_OLD. 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. @@ -1744,7 +1744,7 @@ surface can be seen. defined with write-only parameter, inconsistent with other ioctls modifying their argument. They were changed to write-read, while a _OLD 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. @@ -1815,8 +1815,8 @@ yet to be addressed, for details see 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 -VIDIOC_CROPCAP_OLD. The old ioctl will be removed -in the future. +VIDIOC_CROPCAP_OLD. The old ioctl was removed +on Kernel 2.6.39. @@ -2364,6 +2364,14 @@ that used it. It was originally scheduled for removal in 2.6.35. +
+ V4L2 in Linux 2.6.39 + + + The old VIDIOC_*_OLD symbols and V4L1 support were removed. + + +
Relation of V4L2 to other Linux multimedia APIs -- cgit v1.1