Bug 26786

Summary:	[xf86-video-v4l] Uses obsolete V4L1 API
Product:	xorg	Reporter:	Julien Cristau <jcristau>
Component:	Driver/other	Assignee:	Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Severity:	normal
Priority:	medium	CC:	kibi
Version:	git
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux (All)
URL:	http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=569103
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Description Julien Cristau 2010-02-27 04:20:01 UTC

Quoting from Debian bug#569103:

The V4L1 API is obsolete and does not work with most new V4L drivers.
You can use libv4l as an emulation layer; see
<http://hansdegoede.livejournal.com/3636.html>.

There doesn't seem to be a Driver/v4l component, so filing this under 'Other'.

Comment 1 Alex Deucher 2011-02-12 01:35:52 UTC

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-devel/2011-February/019042.html

Comment 2 Cyril Brulebois 2011-04-03 19:07:25 UTC

Fixed in master:

commit f4ccca1dec77ebc10609e23313e47504e8f19f55
Author: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri Feb 11 07:49:01 2011 -0200

    Port xf86-video-v4l driver to V4L2
    
    V4L1 API was dropped on kernel 2.6.38. Even the emulation layer
    inside kernel was dropped. While it might still be possible to use
    X with libv4l and a LD_PRELOADER setup, the proper way is to port
    the driver to use the V4L2 API.
    
    This change brings some improvements to the code, as now all
    integer/boolean/menu controls are visible, and all video standards.
    
    Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>

Closing this bug report accordingly.

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