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author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com> | 2010-09-30 08:25:42 -0300 |
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committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com> | 2010-10-21 01:06:13 -0200 |
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V4L/DVB: Deprecate cpia driver (used for parallel port webcams)
cpia driver were re-written inside gspca driver, for USB devices. The only
functionality that were not migrated is the support for parallel port,
as:
1) the developer didn't find any hardware;
2) it doesn't seem important to keep support for a parallel port webcam,
as this is an obsolete technology;
3) the changes at gspca for it to work with parallel port would be very large;
4) this driver still uses BKL.
So, let's move it to drivers/staging and label it to die at 2.6.38, if nobody
cares enough to port parallel port support to gspca or to create a new driver
that uses the same gspca-cpia sub-driver.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
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