On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 02:14:03AM +0400, Manu Abraham wrote: > Johannes Stezenbach wrote: > > > >For binary compatibility it isn't sufficient to just add new > >fields to struct dvbs2_params. There must also be an indicator > >which the kernel can use to see if struct dvb_frontend_params > >was prepared by old or new userspace, i.e. if the new fields > >are valid or contain uninitialized data. > > Well, still i do not follow this argument. How do you expect old > applications that do not support DVB-S2 to work with DVB-S2. Should be > some sort of black magic. > > Are you saying that the DVB-S applications will make DVB-S2 devices also > working in the same way ? > > I really got lost, now. If I wasn't clear: I mean backwards compatibility for future changes of the API. Or do you expect this to be the last change? Johannes _______________________________________________ linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
