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staging/media: add missing TODO files

PATCH New Hans Verkuil 1 participant 1 message Mar 3, 2016

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PATCH 1/1 staging/media: add missing TODO files

Add TODO files for mx2/mx3/omap1 to explain the status of these drivers and what needs to be done in order to keep them from being removed soon.

Also a small fix for the mx2/Kconfig that mistakingly mentioned a vb2 conversion. That's not needed for that driver.

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 drivers/staging/media/mx2/Kconfig |  9 ++++++---
 drivers/staging/media/mx2/TODO    | 10 ++++++++++
 drivers/staging/media/mx3/TODO    | 10 ++++++++++
 drivers/staging/media/omap1/TODO  |  8 ++++++++
 4 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 drivers/staging/media/mx2/TODO
 create mode 100644 drivers/staging/media/mx3/TODO
 create mode 100644 drivers/staging/media/omap1/TODO
drivers/staging/media/mx2/Kconfig +6 -3
index e080ab9..beaa885 100644
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ config VIDEO_MX2
 	---help---
 	  This is a v4l2 driver for the i.MX27 Camera Sensor Interface
 
-	  This driver is deprecated and will be removed soon unless someone
-	  will start the work to convert this driver to the vb2 framework
-	  and remove the soc-camera dependency.
+	  This driver is deprecated: it should become a stand-alone driver
+	  instead of using the soc-camera framework.
+
+	  Unless someone is willing to take this on (unlikely with such
+	  ancient hardware) it is going to be removed from the kernel
+	  soon.
drivers/staging/media/mx2/TODO new file +10 -0
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc68fa4
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+This driver is deprecated: it should become a stand-alone driver instead of
+using the soc-camera framework.
+
+Unless someone is willing to take this on (unlikely with such ancient
+hardware) it is going to be removed from the kernel soon.
+
+Note that trivial patches will not be accepted anymore, only a full conversion.
+
+If you want to convert this driver, please contact the linux-media mailinglist
+(see http://linuxtv.org/lists.php).
drivers/staging/media/mx3/TODO new file +10 -0
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc68fa4
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+This driver is deprecated: it should become a stand-alone driver instead of
+using the soc-camera framework.
+
+Unless someone is willing to take this on (unlikely with such ancient
+hardware) it is going to be removed from the kernel soon.
+
+Note that trivial patches will not be accepted anymore, only a full conversion.
+
+If you want to convert this driver, please contact the linux-media mailinglist
+(see http://linuxtv.org/lists.php).
drivers/staging/media/omap1/TODO new file +8 -0
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1025f9f
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+This driver is deprecated and will be removed soon unless someone will start
+the work to convert this driver to the vb2 framework and remove the
+soc-camera dependency.
+
+Note that trivial patches will not be accepted anymore, only a full conversion.
+
+If you want to convert this driver, please contact the linux-media mailinglist
+(see http://linuxtv.org/lists.php).
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