}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L1_COMPAT
+       /***********************************************************
+        Handles calls to the obsoleted V4L1 API
+        Due to the nature of VIDIOCGMBUF, each driver that supports
+        V4L1 should implement its own handler for this ioctl.
+        ***********************************************************/
+
        /* --- streaming capture ------------------------------------- */
        if (cmd == VIDIOCGMBUF) {
                struct video_mbuf *p=arg;
                                                (unsigned long)p->offsets);
                return ret;
        }
-#endif
 
+       /********************************************************
+        All other V4L1 calls are handled by v4l1_compat module.
+        Those calls will be translated into V4L2 calls, and
+        __video_do_ioctl will be called again, with one or more
+        V4L2 ioctls.
+        ********************************************************/
        if (_IOC_TYPE(cmd)=='v')
                return v4l_compat_translate_ioctl(inode,file,cmd,arg,
                                                __video_do_ioctl);
+#endif
 
        switch(cmd) {
        /* --- capabilities ------------------------------------------ */