On Tue, Apr 11, 2006, Manu Abraham wrote: > Johannes Stezenbach wrote: > >Basically this slot thing models the hardware, which is just one > >CI controller, el cheapo extended to support two slots. > > On cards with multiple controllers/one controller with multiple devices, > except for the case where it is daisy chained (some budget cards use > this el cheapo method), when we have multiple slots, we can route the TS > between slots (specific hardware). This is in fact multiple devices on > one board/chip > > In such a case it would be nice if we can address the slots directly (we > will be able to do many interesting things, like a router), since the > slots are not directly linked (daisy chained). I mean this will enable > us to leave options open. I think you can have multiple caX devices already if you want to, just for existing hardware I know of it doesn't make that much sense. Johannes _______________________________________________ linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
