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authorSylwester Nawrocki <s.nawrocki@samsung.com>2012-07-26 09:30:50 -0300
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2012-07-30 19:32:50 -0300
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[media] Feature removal: using capture and output capabilities for m2m devices
Identifying a memory-to-memory video device through an ORed output and
capture capability flags is not reliable. Schedule this for removal.

Signed-off-by: Sylwester Nawrocki <s.nawrocki@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
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@@ -576,3 +576,17 @@ Why:	The regular V4L2 selections and the subdev selection API originally
 	any instabilities in the user space interface. After few cycles these
 	backward compatibility definitions will be removed.
 Who:	Sylwester Nawrocki <sylvester.nawrocki@gmail.com>
+
+----------------------------
+
+What:	Using V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_CAPTURE and V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_OUTPUT flags
+	to indicate a V4L2 memory-to-memory device capability
+When:	3.8
+Why:	New drivers should use new V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_M2M capability flag
+	to indicate a V4L2 video memory-to-memory (M2M) device and
+	applications can now identify a M2M video device by checking
+	for V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_M2M, with VIDIOC_QUERYCAP ioctl. Using ORed
+	V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_CAPTURE and V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_OUTPUT flags for M2M
+	devices is ambiguous and may lead, for example, to identifying
+	a M2M device as a video	capture or output device.
+Who:	Sylwester Nawrocki <s.nawrocki@samsung.com>