linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] usbvision: remove RGB format conversion

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Message-ID: <17469.1303958880@localhost>
Date:	Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:48:00 -0400
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Ondrej Zary <linux@...nbow-software.org>
Cc:	Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>,
	Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
	Joerg Heckenbach <joerg@...kenbach-aw.de>,
	Dwaine Garden <dwainegarden@...ers.com>,
	linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] usbvision: remove RGB format conversion

On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:41:32 +0200, Ondrej Zary said:
> As V4L2 spec says that drivers shouldn't do any in-kernel image format
> conversion, remove it.

Does this classify as breaking the API, and thus require a deprecation period?
Is it likely to break any userspace that wasn't planning on doing its own RGB
conversions?


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