On Saturday, June 18, 2011 23:30:46 Oliver Endriss wrote:
> On Thursday 09 June 2011 14:45:53 Hans Verkuil wrote:
> > RFC: Proposal for a V4L2 decoder API
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > This RFC is based on this discussion:
> >
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg32703.html
> >
> > The purpose is to remove the dependency of ivtv to the ioctls in dvb/audio.h
> > and dvb/video.h.
> > ...
>
> Whatever you define: You are not allowed to remove the old interface!
Sure you can (see e.g. V4L1 API), it is just very, very painful and takes
a very, very long time.
> Linus always stated that breaking userspace is a no go.
>
> So you may add a new interface, but you must not remove the old one.
I wasn't planning on removing anything.
Although I might deprecate the old API eventually in ivtv. But apps like VLC
and MythTV use it in their ivtv code, so I can't do that until they are all
converted. So we're talking 2-3 years from now at the earliest. I'm not even
sure if it is worth the effort.
Regards,
Hans
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