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| -rw-r--r-- | include/media/v4l2-i2c-drv-legacy.h | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/media/v4l2-i2c-drv.h | 11 |
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-i2c-drv-legacy.h b/include/media/v4l2-i2c-drv-legacy.h index 975ffbf4e2c..e65dd9d84e8 100644 --- a/include/media/v4l2-i2c-drv-legacy.h +++ b/include/media/v4l2-i2c-drv-legacy.h @@ -21,6 +21,17 @@ * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */ +/* NOTE: the full version of this header is in the v4l-dvb repository + * and allows v4l i2c drivers to be compiled on older kernels as well. + * The version of this header as it appears in the kernel is a stripped + * version (without all the backwards compatibility stuff) and so it + * looks a bit odd. + * + * If you look at the full version then you will understand the reason + * for introducing this header since you really don't want to have all + * the tricky backwards compatibility code in each and every i2c driver. + */ + struct v4l2_i2c_driver_data { const char * const name; int driverid; diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-i2c-drv.h b/include/media/v4l2-i2c-drv.h index 40ecef29801..efdc8bf27f8 100644 --- a/include/media/v4l2-i2c-drv.h +++ b/include/media/v4l2-i2c-drv.h @@ -21,6 +21,17 @@ * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */ +/* NOTE: the full version of this header is in the v4l-dvb repository + * and allows v4l i2c drivers to be compiled on older kernels as well. + * The version of this header as it appears in the kernel is a stripped + * version (without all the backwards compatibility stuff) and so it + * looks a bit odd. + * + * If you look at the full version then you will understand the reason + * for introducing this header since you really don't want to have all + * the tricky backwards compatibility code in each and every i2c driver. + */ + #ifndef __V4L2_I2C_DRV_H__ #define __V4L2_I2C_DRV_H__ |