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 ...
Cheers,
Michael Krufky
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