> Hi, > > I'd like to understand the behavior and meaning of the LOCK returned by the fronted. > > If I open the fronted in readonly, and ask for the INFO, it is possible that I get a LOCK but no > data is actually received. > > This because the fronted receives data ONLY while it is opened in READ/WRITE. > > In dvb_frontend.c, in dvb_frontend_open, the fronted is started via > dvb_frontend_start > only if it opened in READ/WRITE. > > I see it as a misbehavior: > > 1) either a LOCK should NOT be returned > 2) or the frontend should be started in any case (even if READ only) > > Which ioctl call should I use to know if the fronted is currently active? Anybody has an opinion about that? I know, I cant spell frontend properly :-), but other than that, what would be the correct behavior when opening the frontend in readonly? Andrea _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
