Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 5 Dec 2005 00:59:04 +0100 | From | Johannes Stezenbach <> | Subject | Re: Incorrect v4l patch in 2.6.15-rc4-git1 |
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On Sat, Dec 03, 2005, Jean Delvare wrote: > I'll go undefine these experimental IDs soon anyway, as the concept is > broken IMHO. If driver authors don't use the ID, they can set it to 0. > If they do use it, they better register it soon so as to avoid > collisions with other drivers which haven't been merged either.
I believe no one actually uses I2C ids in drivers/media/. Is it documented somewhere that they should be set to 0 when unused? I believe most people set them to experimental ids because they fear getting conflicts and malfunctionings when they leave them at 0.
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