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author | Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> | 2010-11-16 11:06:22 -0800 |
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committer | Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> | 2010-11-16 11:06:22 -0800 |
commit | 20b4755e4fbb226eb42951bd40b53fcbce9ef944 (patch) | |
tree | 43da70e0b32ee423d3643ecd422821383411ab72 /Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml | |
parent | xen: fix header export to userspace (diff) | |
parent | Linux 2.6.37-rc2 (diff) | |
download | linux-dev-20b4755e4fbb226eb42951bd40b53fcbce9ef944.tar.xz linux-dev-20b4755e4fbb226eb42951bd40b53fcbce9ef944.zip |
Merge commit 'v2.6.37-rc2' into upstream/xenfs
* commit 'v2.6.37-rc2': (10093 commits)
Linux 2.6.37-rc2
capabilities/syslog: open code cap_syslog logic to fix build failure
i2c: Sanity checks on adapter registration
i2c: Mark i2c_adapter.id as deprecated
i2c: Drivers shouldn't include <linux/i2c-id.h>
i2c: Delete unused adapter IDs
i2c: Remove obsolete cleanup for clientdata
include/linux/kernel.h: Move logging bits to include/linux/printk.h
Fix gcc 4.5.1 miscompiling drivers/char/i8k.c (again)
hwmon: (w83795) Check for BEEP pin availability
hwmon: (w83795) Clear intrusion alarm immediately
hwmon: (w83795) Read the intrusion state properly
hwmon: (w83795) Print the actual temperature channels as sources
hwmon: (w83795) List all usable temperature sources
hwmon: (w83795) Expose fan control method
hwmon: (w83795) Fix fan control mode attributes
hwmon: (lm95241) Check validity of input values
hwmon: Change mail address of Hans J. Koch
PCI: sysfs: fix printk warnings
GFS2: Fix inode deallocation race
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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml index 54447f0d0784..c9ce61d981f5 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml @@ -21,11 +21,15 @@ API.</para> <title>Opening and Closing Devices</title> <para>For compatibility reasons the character device file names -recommended for V4L2 video capture, overlay, radio, teletext and raw +recommended for V4L2 video capture, overlay, radio and raw vbi capture devices did not change from those used by V4L. They are listed in <xref linkend="devices" /> and below in <xref linkend="v4l-dev" />.</para> + <para>The teletext devices (minor range 192-223) have been removed in +V4L2 and no longer exist. There is no hardware available anymore for handling +pure teletext. Instead raw or sliced VBI is used.</para> + <para>The V4L <filename>videodev</filename> module automatically assigns minor numbers to drivers in load order, depending on the registered device type. We recommend that V4L2 drivers by default @@ -66,13 +70,6 @@ not compatible with V4L or V4L2.</para> </footnote>, <entry>64-127</entry> </row> <row> - <entry>Teletext decoder</entry> - <entry><para><filename>/dev/vtx</filename>, -<filename>/dev/vtx0</filename> to -<filename>/dev/vtx31</filename></para></entry> - <entry>192-223</entry> - </row> - <row> <entry>Raw VBI capture</entry> <entry><para><filename>/dev/vbi</filename>, <filename>/dev/vbi0</filename> to @@ -2345,6 +2342,17 @@ more information.</para> </listitem> </orderedlist> </section> + <section> + <title>V4L2 in Linux 2.6.37</title> + <orderedlist> + <listitem> + <para>Remove the vtx (videotext/teletext) API. This API was no longer +used and no hardware exists to verify the API. Nor were any userspace applications found +that used it. It was originally scheduled for removal in 2.6.35. + </para> + </listitem> + </orderedlist> + </section> <section id="other"> <title>Relation of V4L2 to other Linux multimedia APIs</title> |