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From: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@linuxtv.org>
To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
Cc: Trent Piepho <xyzzy@speakeasy.org>,
	Robert Fitzsimons <robfitz@273k.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
	Linux and Kernel Video <video4linux-list@redhat.com>,
	76306.1226@compuserve.com, fork0@t-online.de, greg@kroah.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	"Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net>,
	v4l-dvb maintainer list <v4l-dvb-maintainer@linuxtv.org>,
	shemminger@osdl.org
Subject: Re: [v4l-dvb-maintainer] Re: [PATCH] V4L: struct video_device	corruption
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 11:36:02 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <44BE5162.40701@linuxtv.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1153310092.27276.9.camel@praia>

Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Em Seg, 2006-07-17 às 17:25 -0700, Trent Piepho escreveu:
>> On Sat, 15 Jul 2006, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
>>> Em Sb, 2006-07-15 s 23:08 +0000, Robert Fitzsimons escreveu:
>>>> The layout of struct video_device would change depending on whether
>>>> videodev.h (V4L1) was include or not before v4l2-dev.h, which caused
>>>> the structure to get corrupted.
>>> Hmm... good point! However, I the proper solution would be to trust on
>>> CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L1_COMPAT or CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L1 instead. it makes no sense
>>> to keep a pointer to an unsupported callback, when V4L1 is not selected.
>> It's not so clear that the problem is with v4l2-dev.h, because if you look
>> that file:
>>
>> #ifdef CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L1
>> #include <linux/videodev.h>
>> #else
>> #include <linux/videodev2.h>
>> #endif
> That's true. I think the OOPS is related to this -git patch:
> http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6ab3d5624e172c553004ecc862bfeac16d9d68b7
> 
> It removed config.h from bttv-cards (and other places), but we need
> CONFIG_* symbols before including v4l2-dev.h. Maybe the right solution
> would be to include autoconf.h or config.h at the top of v4l2-dev.h.

No, that is a red herring.

The #include <linux/config.h> has been removed in favor of command-line
-iMACRO inclusion...

In other words, config.h is still being included, but the explicit
#include language is no longer needed.
-- 
Michael Krufky


  reply	other threads:[~2006-07-19 15:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-07-13  4:43 oops in bttv Chuck Ebbert
2006-07-13  5:05 ` Greg KH
2006-07-13  5:24   ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-07-13  5:44     ` Andrew Morton
2006-07-15 23:08       ` [PATCH] V4L: struct video_device corruption Robert Fitzsimons
2006-07-16  1:31         ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2006-07-18  0:25           ` [v4l-dvb-maintainer] " Trent Piepho
2006-07-19 11:54             ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2006-07-19 15:36               ` Michael Krufky [this message]
2006-07-20 21:57               ` Trent Piepho
2006-07-21 12:26                 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2006-07-21 20:06                   ` Trent Piepho
2006-07-21 20:30                     ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2006-07-21 22:55                       ` Trent Piepho
2006-07-23  9:35                         ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2006-07-24  2:16                           ` Trent Piepho
2006-07-24 12:34                             ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2006-07-24 22:06                               ` Trent Piepho
2006-07-25 17:59                                 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2006-07-25  3:08           ` Andrew Morton
2006-07-25  7:57             ` [v4l-dvb-maintainer] " Manu Abraham
2006-07-25  8:42             ` Trent Piepho
2006-07-25  9:06               ` Andrew Morton
2006-07-25 12:28                 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab

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