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diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 76112dac7659..e9237fb71950 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -600,3 +600,21 @@ When: June 2013 Why: Unsupported/unmaintained/unused since 2.6 ---------------------------- + +What: V4L2 selections API target rectangle and flags unification, the + following definitions will be removed: V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTIVE, + V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTIVE, V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_*, V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_FLAG_* + in favor of common V4L2_SEL_TGT_* and V4L2_SEL_FLAG_* definitions. + For more details see include/linux/v4l2-common.h. +When: 3.8 +Why: The regular V4L2 selections and the subdev selection API originally + defined distinct names for the target rectangles and flags - V4L2_SEL_* + and V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_*. Although, it turned out that the meaning of these + target rectangles is virtually identical and the APIs were consolidated + to use single set of names - V4L2_SEL_*. This didn't involve any ABI + changes. Alias definitions were created for the original ones to avoid + any instabilities in the user space interface. After few cycles these + backward compatibility definitions will be removed. +Who: Sylwester Nawrocki <sylvester.nawrocki@gmail.com> + +---------------------------- |