Messages in this thread | | | From | Arnd Bergmann <> | Date | Wed, 7 Oct 2020 17:37:35 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] media: atomisp: stop compiling compat_ioctl32 code |
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On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 4:18 PM Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 07, 2020 at 04:16:39PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > Alternatively, the entire file could just be removed, since anyone > > willing to restore the functionality can equally well just look up > > the contents in the git history if needed. > > I suspect that is the right thing. Note that given that the driver > is only in staging anyway, the right thing to do would be to change > the ioctl ABI to be more compat friendly to start with.
Ok, I sent that as v2 now.
I wonder how many of those 56 ioctl commands in the driver are actually used in practice. Is there a public repository for the matching user space? Is it required to even use the driver or is it otherwise compatible with normal v4l2 applications?
Arnd
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