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by Christian Gmeiner-4 :: Rate this Message:

Hello,

>
> I did it and merged your other patches.
> (Edit: I've just seen you have new ones...)
>

fine to see... yes there are some new patches which want to get reviewed :)
Here the interesting facts:
* reworked firmware loading
* rework device memory allocation
* some other cleanups

Oh.. an I have a mistake in on commit summary: fix compile error
should be fix compile warning

>
>> By the way... which kernel version do we support?
>
> As far as I am concerned, I'm willing to support all 2.4 and 2.6
> kernels.
> I know most developers don't care about 2.4 any more, but:
> * I know at least one person who uses the em8300 drivers with a 2.4
> kernel;
> * I hate the way the 2.6 kernel is managed (unstable API, invasive
> changes, ...), so I understand why one may prefer to keep the
> rock-solid 2.4 branch.
>
> It'd be ok for me, if needed, to drop support for old 2.4 and old 2.6
> kernels.
>

I will drop support for 2.4 and old 2.6 if v4l people - looking at
Hans - have done some
needed changes. And then I will start a new repository for it.

Btw, whats about your http://freehg.org/u/nboullis/em8300-scale-n-crop/ ?

have a nice day
--
Christian Gmeiner, B.Sc.

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