[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Remove ivtv ao and vo drivers

[Benjamin Zores]

Hi,
Just got the mail on today, the private one never reached me out (or get
spammed, whatever ...).
I think that time has come years ago already for IVTV support to get to and
end.
So feel free to get it removed.
Ben

On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 12:27 PM Alexander Strasser <eclipse7 at gmx.net>
wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> On 2019-05-22 02:16 +0200, Alexander Strasser wrote:
> > On 2019-05-21 20:26 +0200, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> > > On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 05:21:16PM +0200, Alexander Strasser wrote:
> > > > IVTV support is for a long time available through Video4Linux.
> > > > The hardware can still be used through the v4l2 vo and ao drivers.
> > > >
> > > > There is still IVTV linux code in a VIDIX driver. This change
> > > > doesn't remove the IVTV remnants in the VIDIX source.
> > >
> > > I have no strong opinion, but maybe worth to (b)cc the
> > > authors/maintainers?
> > > I don't think we should remove code that has someone listed
> > > in MAINTAINERS without at least a minimal attempt to
> > > contact those people.
> >
> > Yes. Seems like the right thing to do.
> >
> > I didn't do it initially, because I think the code wasn't seriously
> > compiled for a long time. The ivtv kernel driver has been merged into
> > V4L in 2007. Don't know how long after that, older kernels with IVTV
> > were in use...
> >
> > Anyways, I contacted Ben privately. I will be waiting for some time
> > if I receive a reply. I don't think we are in a particular hurry to
> > remove that code.
>
> No news from Ben and a month has passed.
>
> I'm going to commit this patch soon.
>
> If there is someone around using a decoder card for tv output via ivtv
> vidix driver, I would remove the dead code there too. Just reply to me
> privately or here on the list; whatever you prefer.
>
>
>   Alexander
>