April 2005

  Hi folks,

As you may have noticed on lkml and the v4l mailing list, I've stopped
maintaining video4linux in the linux kernels.  That means for submitting
patches:

  (1) The cvs tree at cvs.bytesex.org is *not* the "master copy" of the
      video4linux subsystem any more.  For the time being it is the 2.6
      standard kernel.  This may change if someone else decides to take
      over maintainance and handle it differently ...

  (2) Patches should be built against the latest 2.6 kernel[1], not
      against video4linux cvs, and submitted the usual way to akpm+lkml
      (Cc'ing the v4l list as well probably is a good idea).  The usual
      rules (reasonable changelog entry and so on, see
      Documentation/SubmittingPatches) apply.

  (3) It is fine to Cc: me on patches for comments / ack / nack, but
      don't expect me to collect and forward patches.  I've accumulated
      a number of v4l patches in my inbox last month, didn't managed to
      process a single one of them so far due to limited time, and I
      suspect this isn't going to change in the future ...

cheers,

  Gerd

[1] Very latest kernel is especially important for patches which add
    new card entries as those patches usually conflict ...