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| author |  Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
| 2016-07-27 06:32:31 -0300 |
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| committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
| 2016-07-28 20:08:19 -0300 |
| commit | 43f71d93a0cb342f0c918fba3f6abb7661e40ad2 (patch) | |
| tree | a1dc7288bc480e7027ca1827ca4876472fa12e40 /Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-teletext.xml | |
| parent | Merge tag 'media/v4.8-4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mch... (diff) | |
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doc-rst: Remove the media docbook
Now that all media documentation was converted to Sphinx, we
should get rid of the old DocBook one, as we don't want people
to submit patches against the old stuff.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@cisco.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-teletext.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-teletext.xml deleted file mode 100644 index bd21c64d70f3..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/dev-teletext.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,29 +0,0 @@ - <title>Teletext Interface</title> - - <para>This interface was aimed at devices receiving and demodulating -Teletext data [<xref linkend="ets300706" />, <xref linkend="itu653" />], evaluating the -Teletext packages and storing formatted pages in cache memory. Such -devices are usually implemented as microcontrollers with serial -interface (I<superscript>2</superscript>C) and could be found on old -TV cards, dedicated Teletext decoding cards and home-brew devices -connected to the PC parallel port.</para> - - <para>The Teletext API was designed by Martin Buck. It was defined in -the kernel header file <filename>linux/videotext.h</filename>, the -specification is available from <ulink url="ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/videotext/"> -ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/videotext/</ulink>. (Videotext is the name of -the German public television Teletext service.)</para> - - <para>Eventually the Teletext API was integrated into the V4L API -with character device file names <filename>/dev/vtx0</filename> to -<filename>/dev/vtx31</filename>, device major number 81, minor numbers -192 to 223.</para> - - <para>However, teletext decoders were quickly replaced by more -generic VBI demodulators and those dedicated teletext decoders no longer exist. -For many years the vtx devices were still around, even though nobody used -them. So the decision was made to finally remove support for the Teletext API in -kernel 2.6.37.</para> - - <para>Modern devices all use the <link linkend="raw-vbi">raw</link> or -<link linkend="sliced">sliced</link> VBI API.</para> |