[vlc-devel] [PATCH] V4L2: Allow device to be specified with option.

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

   Hello,

On Tuesday 26 April 2011, Thierry Reding wrote:
> * Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> >    Hello,
> > 
> > I don't really how this is supposed to work though.
> > "v4l2-dev" is not a configuration item (anymore).
> 
> Unfortunately, the git log doesn't seem to go back far enough for an
> explanation why it was ever removed. Do you by any chance remember? Could
> it not be readded?

It sure does. We have the history all the way to 1998. That's the commit:

commit f2268e41346cb2e4fd21a9978e4a9f4d26150158
Author: Antoine Cellerier <dionoea at videolan.org>
Date:   Sat Jan 3 21:23:00 2009 +0100

    Remove Alsa and OSS support from v4l2 module.

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Rémi Denis-Courmont
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