Re: [RFC: 2.6 patch] the overdue removal of RAW1394_REQ_ISO_{LISTEN,SEND}

[Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>]

Dan Dennedy wrote:
> Kino still uses the legacy raw1394 iso interface for capture by default; 
> however, it can also still use dv1394. I will accellerate the adoption of the 
> new raw1394 interface since I have already done this for dvgrab 2.0. 
> Cinelerra supports libiec61883 now.
> 
> Unfortunately, gstreamer still uses legacy raw1394 iso interface, but I can 
> nag someone at Fluendo. I think another high profile app that might be 
> affected is GnomeMeeting/Ekiga, but I have not kept close track of it.
> 
> Also, I have not released a version of libraw1394 that contains the 
> deprecation warnings, but I can do so this weekend. And then another release 
> when the removed kernel interfaces are released that removes the functions. 

Then I suggest we adjust the date in 
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt (increment by 1 year?) and 
also list kino and gstreamer as affected application programs there.

It appears from grep'ing through the sources of Ekiga 2.0.1 that it does 
not access (lib)raw1394 by itself.
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Stefan Richter
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