linux-kernel - Re: [2.6 patch] remove the broken VIDEO

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Date:	Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:30:27 -0800
From:	Joe Feise <jfeise@...se.com>
To:	Linux and Kernel Video <video4linux-list@...hat.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] remove the broken VIDEO_ZR36120 driver

Adrian Bunk wrote on 11/25/06 11:15:

> The VIDEO_ZR36120 driver has:
> - already been marked as BROKEN in 2.6.0 three years ago and
> - is still marked as BROKEN.
> 
> Drivers that had been marked as BROKEN for such a long time seem to be 
> unlikely to be revived in the forseeable future.
> 
> But if anyone wants to ever revive this driver, the code is still 
> present in the older kernel releases.

Hmm, there are people out there (like me) who still use it and have patched it
to get it working on 2.6.x.

-Joe

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