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index 54447f0d0784..c9ce61d981f5 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/compat.xml
@@ -21,11 +21,15 @@ API.</para>
<title>Opening and Closing Devices</title>
<para>For compatibility reasons the character device file names
-recommended for V4L2 video capture, overlay, radio, teletext and raw
+recommended for V4L2 video capture, overlay, radio and raw
vbi capture devices did not change from those used by V4L. They are
listed in <xref linkend="devices" /> and below in <xref
linkend="v4l-dev" />.</para>
+ <para>The teletext devices (minor range 192-223) have been removed in
+V4L2 and no longer exist. There is no hardware available anymore for handling
+pure teletext. Instead raw or sliced VBI is used.</para>
+
<para>The V4L <filename>videodev</filename> module automatically
assigns minor numbers to drivers in load order, depending on the
registered device type. We recommend that V4L2 drivers by default
@@ -66,13 +70,6 @@ not compatible with V4L or V4L2.</para> </footnote>,
<entry>64-127</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>Teletext decoder</entry>
- <entry><para><filename>/dev/vtx</filename>,
-<filename>/dev/vtx0</filename> to
-<filename>/dev/vtx31</filename></para></entry>
- <entry>192-223</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
<entry>Raw VBI capture</entry>
<entry><para><filename>/dev/vbi</filename>,
<filename>/dev/vbi0</filename> to
@@ -2345,6 +2342,17 @@ more information.</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</section>
+ <section>
+ <title>V4L2 in Linux 2.6.37</title>
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Remove the vtx (videotext/teletext) API. This API was no longer
+used and no hardware exists to verify the API. Nor were any userspace applications found
+that used it. It was originally scheduled for removal in 2.6.35.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </section>
<section id="other">
<title>Relation of V4L2 to other Linux multimedia APIs</title>