On Thursday 04 May 2006 22:39, Michael Krufky wrote: > Andrew de Quincey wrote: > > On Thursday 04 May 2006 22:16, Johannes Stezenbach wrote: > >> On Thu, May 04, 2006, Andrew de Quincey wrote: > >>> Hi, did anyone have any comments on the latest version at > >>> http://linuxtv.org/hg/~quincy/v4l-dvb-attach > >>> > >>> This used module reference counts instead of symbol reference counts, > >>> avoiding the problems with symbol_put(). > >> > >> First, I would like it better if symbol_put_addr() would be fixed > >> so we could use my dvb_detach() idea ;-) > >> It would mean that no changes to the frontend drivers are > >> necessary at all. > > > > I suppose Trent's patch to fix it would also provide a good indicator as > > to whether people think symbol_put_addr() is going to be kept or not, > > depending on its reception by lkml (or whoever its sent to). > > > > The problem then is we then can't use the v4l-dvb drivers on older > > kernels because they won't have symbol_put_addr() fixed. This isn't an > > issue for me... but it might be for some people. > > Please don't let kernel backwards compatability in the mercurial tree > affect the progression of development. Only a few months ago did I make > dvb-kernel cvs backwards compatable, and once backwards compatability > becomes broken, I'm sure we can figure out some compiler hacks / > compat.h glue ... okdoke - I have no problems then - symbol_put_addr it is.. _______________________________________________ linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
