[GEM-dev] pix_video

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2006, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
> 
>> ah, and don't bother about v4l2;
>> it is seriously broken in Gem.
>> and since it seems that v4l-1 is going to be removed from the kernel,
>> this means some more work.
> 
> I didn't know anyone actually used v4l2.
> 
> removing v4l1 support sounds like a rather stupid decision, but then, so
> was crippling the webcam support (pwc binary-only driver).

it is just rumours, spread on the official (i think) website of v4l(2):
http://www.linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/Video4linux_APIs

i don't know the amount of truth that lies within this page and i
haven't checked the 2.6.15-sources.

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