Christophe Thommeret wrote: > Le Thursday 25 September 2008 06:13:14 Manu Abraham, vous avez écrit : >> Christophe Thommeret wrote: >>> Le Thursday 25 September 2008 05:57:18 Manu Abraham, vous avez écrit : >>>> Hans Verkuil wrote: >>>>> Just work with Steve to convert the current devices in the multiproto >>>>> tree to use this API. If there is anything missing kick Steve and he'll >>>>> have to add whatever is needed. That's *his* responsibility and he >>>>> accepted that during the discussions. >>>> With the multiproto tree, you _don't_need_ to convert any devices to use >>>> the new infrastructure, whereas with S2API you need to do that. This is >>>> a major drawback. In the multiproto tree, all devices work just without >>>> any conversion of any kind, also it is completely backward compatible. >>>> >>>> The aspect of backward compatibility and drivers not getting converted >>>> had been a major issue, when the original DVB-S2 discussions came up. >>>> This had been a design goal for the multiproto tree. >> Please do not trim CC's. >> >>> I'm not sure to get you Manu. >>> Do you mean that existing drivers have to be "converted" to work with >>> s2api ? >> Yes, one of the existing drivers had to be converted. eg: CinergyT2 > > Ok, the cinergyT2 was indeed out of dvb-core, but a dvb-core driver already > exists, so no problem :) config DVB_CINERGYT2 tristate "Terratec CinergyT2/qanu USB2 DVB-T receiver" depends on DVB_CORE && USB && INPUT help Support for "TerraTec CinergyT2" USB2.0 Highspeed DVB Receivers The reworked/modified one doesn't work as good as the original one as was written by somebody else. >> Also, the stb0899 driver (from the multiproto tree) also needs to be >> converted, as far as anyone who is able to see, or from the posts >> themselves. > > Of course :) > But this is not what i call an "existing" (in kernel) driver. What i meant is that no driver, needs to be modified with multiproto whatsoever your argument is. Regards, Manu _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
