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CVS dir corrected. Docs now points to V4L2 stuff also.
Included a news about obsoleting V4L1 API.

Deadline for V4L1 API

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	Video4Linux API version 1 is declared as obsolete, with a deadline
marked as July/2006.
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	Version 2.6.3 had introduced a new API version, for beter handling 
	video support, called V4L API version 2. The new API provides
	support for a wide range of video standards, including the several
	audio channels provided worldwide.
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	For now, both V4L1 and V4L1 APIs are provided by the main modules,
	but newer drivers should provide handling only for V4L2 API, and
	use v4l_compat_ioctl to handle calls to old API.
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	More details about V4L2 API can be found <A 
HREF="http://www.linuxtv.org/downloads/video4linux/API/V4L2_API/spec-single/v4l2.html">here</a>.
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