diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml index 54447f0d0784..c9ce61d981f5 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml @@ -21,11 +21,15 @@ API. Opening and Closing Devices For compatibility reasons the character device file names -recommended for V4L2 video capture, overlay, radio, teletext and raw +recommended for V4L2 video capture, overlay, radio and raw vbi capture devices did not change from those used by V4L. They are listed in and below in . + The teletext devices (minor range 192-223) have been removed in +V4L2 and no longer exist. There is no hardware available anymore for handling +pure teletext. Instead raw or sliced VBI is used. + The V4L videodev module automatically assigns minor numbers to drivers in load order, depending on the registered device type. We recommend that V4L2 drivers by default @@ -65,13 +69,6 @@ not compatible with V4L or V4L2. , /dev/radio63 64-127 - - Teletext decoder - /dev/vtx, -/dev/vtx0 to -/dev/vtx31 - 192-223 - Raw VBI capture /dev/vbi, @@ -2345,6 +2342,17 @@ more information. +
+ V4L2 in Linux 2.6.37 + + + Remove the vtx (videotext/teletext) API. This API was no longer +used and no hardware exists to verify the API. Nor were any userspace applications found +that used it. It was originally scheduled for removal in 2.6.35. + + + +
Relation of V4L2 to other Linux multimedia APIs diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-teletext.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-teletext.xml index 76184e8ed618..414b1cfff9f4 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-teletext.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-teletext.xml @@ -1,35 +1,32 @@ Teletext Interface - This interface aims at devices receiving and demodulating + This interface was aimed at devices receiving and demodulating Teletext data [, ], evaluating the Teletext packages and storing formatted pages in cache memory. Such devices are usually implemented as microcontrollers with serial -interface (I2C) and can be found on older +interface (I2C) and could be found on old TV cards, dedicated Teletext decoding cards and home-brew devices connected to the PC parallel port. - The Teletext API was designed by Martin Buck. It is defined in + The Teletext API was designed by Martin Buck. It was defined in the kernel header file linux/videotext.h, the specification is available from ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/videotext/. (Videotext is the name of -the German public television Teletext service.) Conventional character -device file names are /dev/vtx and -/dev/vttuner, with device number 83, 0 and 83, 16 -respectively. A similar interface exists for the Philips SAA5249 -Teletext decoder [specification?] with character device file names -/dev/tlkN, device number 102, N. +the German public television Teletext service.) Eventually the Teletext API was integrated into the V4L API with character device file names /dev/vtx0 to /dev/vtx31, device major number 81, minor numbers -192 to 223. For reference the V4L Teletext API specification is -reproduced here in full: "Teletext interfaces talk the existing VTX -API." Teletext devices with major number 83 and 102 will be removed in -Linux 2.6. +192 to 223. - There are no plans to replace the Teletext API or to integrate -it into V4L2. Please write to the linux-media mailing list: &v4l-ml; -when the need arises. + However, teletext decoders were quickly replaced by more +generic VBI demodulators and those dedicated teletext decoders no longer exist. +For many years the vtx devices were still around, even though nobody used +them. So the decision was made to finally remove support for the Teletext API in +kernel 2.6.37. + + Modern devices all use the raw or +sliced VBI API. + + 2.6.37 + 2010-08-06 + hv + Removed obsolete vtx (videotext) API. + + 2.6.33 2009-12-03 diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 842aa9de84a6..2372fb221969 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -498,29 +498,6 @@ When: April 2011 Why: Superseded by xt_CT Who: Netfilter developer team ---------------------------- - -What: video4linux /dev/vtx teletext API support -When: 2.6.35 -Files: drivers/media/video/saa5246a.c drivers/media/video/saa5249.c - include/linux/videotext.h -Why: The vtx device nodes have been superseded by vbi device nodes - for many years. No applications exist that use the vtx support. - Of the two i2c drivers that actually support this API the saa5249 - has been impossible to use for a year now and no known hardware - that supports this device exists. The saa5246a is theoretically - supported by the old mxb boards, but it never actually worked. - - In summary: there is no hardware that can use this API and there - are no applications actually implementing this API. - - The vtx support still reserves minors 192-223 and we would really - like to reuse those for upcoming new functionality. In the unlikely - event that new hardware appears that wants to use the functionality - provided by the vtx API, then that functionality should be build - around the sliced VBI API instead. -Who: Hans Verkuil - ---------------------------- What: IRQF_DISABLED diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt index 33223ff121d8..10f5af8b73f7 100644 --- a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt +++ b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt @@ -278,7 +278,6 @@ Code Seq#(hex) Include File Comments 'z' 10-4F drivers/s390/crypto/zcrypt_api.h conflict! 0x80 00-1F linux/fb.h -0x81 00-1F linux/videotext.h 0x88 00-3F media/ovcamchip.h 0x89 00-06 arch/x86/include/asm/sockios.h 0x89 0B-DF linux/sockios.h diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/MAKEDEV b/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/MAKEDEV index 9d112f7fd5f7..093c0cd18042 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/MAKEDEV +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/bttv/MAKEDEV @@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ function makedev () { echo "*** new device names ***" makedev video 0 makedev radio 64 -makedev vtx 192 makedev vbi 224 #echo "*** old device names (for compatibility only) ***" diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt index f5fdb395287f..8fb9de4f4875 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/v4l2-framework.txt @@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ All drivers have the following structure: 2) A way of initializing and commanding sub-devices (if any). -3) Creating V4L2 device nodes (/dev/videoX, /dev/vbiX, /dev/radioX and - /dev/vtxX) and keeping track of device-node specific data. +3) Creating V4L2 device nodes (/dev/videoX, /dev/vbiX and /dev/radioX) + and keeping track of device-node specific data. 4) Filehandle-specific structs containing per-filehandle data; @@ -488,7 +488,6 @@ types exist: VFL_TYPE_GRABBER: videoX for video input/output devices VFL_TYPE_VBI: vbiX for vertical blank data (i.e. closed captions, teletext) VFL_TYPE_RADIO: radioX for radio tuners -VFL_TYPE_VTX: vtxX for teletext devices (deprecated, don't use) The last argument gives you a certain amount of control over the device device node number used (i.e. the X in videoX). Normally you will pass -1