On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 09:20:08AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 07:12, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 11:04:54PM -0700, John Tyner wrote:
> > > > Please don't remove the proc interface.  This is a V4L issue.  It's in
> > > > there because this is a V4L driver.
> > > 
> > > I saw that you were going to raise the issue on that list. I said the patch
> > > can wait. Regardless, though, I think that the driverfs is where this kind
> > > of thing is supposed to be going.
> > 
> > Yes, that is true.  All of /proc/video should be moving there eventually :)
> 
> Please remember to fix all the application compatibility, and upgrade
> everyones user space and answer all the email. This is the wrong time to
> do it because V4L is turning into V4L2 currently and V4L2 sorts out many
> API things. If it doesn't solve this one then it needs too.
> 
> Mark it down as "excessive force authorised before 2.6.0" but lets see
> how the V4L2 things go first

Ok, one of my original questions was if any V4L applications used the
current /proc interface.  If they do, as you say, then moving them to
driverfs would not be a simple thing to do at this time.

thanks,

greg k-h


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