On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 10:39:25AM -0500, Michael Krufky wrote: > Axel Thimm wrote: > >On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 08:43:01AM -0500, Michael Krufky wrote: > >What *is* relevant to ivtv is the dependency to the state of v4l > >cvs. The current model w/o keeping copies of migrated drivers in ivtv > >means that whenever v4l cvs is in a bad state like it currently is > >users will not be able to get ivtv code running.
> Please understand that we are merging the code into v4l cvs so that it > will also be merged into the mainline kernel. I surely understand and appreciate this point! > Once the code is in mainline, v4l cvs will not be needed if the user > is running the latest kernel version, unless there are further > changes in v4l cvs needed that are newer than what's in the latest > kernel. Exactly "the latest code" is not always what ivtv users want to run. Placing the requirement of ivtv to work only on 2.6.15+ is quite high IMHO. On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 04:11:04PM +0000, John Harvey wrote: > So surely what we need then is a statement that as of 0.6 (or > whatever it's called when it is released) ivtv is compatible with > kernel 2.6.xx (15?) or requires this release of v4l2. Do we really want to cut 2.6 <= 2.6.15? Personally I would like to be able to go as far back as 2.6.9. On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 07:00:06PM +0100, Hans Verkuil wrote: > That's correct. It won't be released until either 2.6.15 is released > and/or a stable v4l2 is released. The video4linux project makes regular > releases, so we pick one that works and recommend that one to build > against. Where is the latest release? The latest release I know of was 1 1/2 years ago on April 2004. The versions in CVS are still the ones from that date. > Remember: 0.4.x will remain for quite some time as the branch to use for > kernels < 2.6.15 and where it is not possible (for whatever reason) to > use v4l CVS or a stable snapshot. OK, can we agree on supporting 0.4.x for <N> time with backports like new tuners etc.? At least with <N> overlaping the next release of v4l? -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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