-------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 15:58:08 +0200 > Von: "Igor M. Liplianin" <liplianin@xxxxxx> > An: linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx > Betreff: Re: [linux-dvb] The status and future of Mantis driver > В сообщении от 6 January 2009 14:13:50 Pauli Borodulin > написал(а): > > Heya! > > > > I found out that there is some new activity on Manu Abraham's Mantis > > driver, so I thought I could throw in some thoughts about it. > > > > I have been using Manu's Mantis driver (http://www.jusst.de/hg/mantis) > > for over two years now. I have a VP-2033 card (DVB-C) and at least for > > the last year the driver has worked without any hickups in my daily > > (VDR) use. For a long time I have thought that the driver should already > > be merged to the v4l-dvb tree. > > > > Igor M. Liplianin has created a new tree > > (http://mercurial.intuxication.org/hg/s2-liplianin) with the description > > "DVB-S(S2) drivers for Linux". Mantis driver was merged into the tree in > > October and since then some fixes has also been applied to the driver. > > Some of these fixes already exist in Manu's tree, some don't. Both trees > > are missing the remote control support for VP-2033 and VP-2040. > > > > Until merging of the driver into s2-liplianin, there was a single tree > > for the Mantis driver development. Now that there are two trees, I fear > > that the development could scatter if there's no clear idea how the > > driver is going to get into v4l-dvb. Also, the driver is not only > > DVB-S(S2), but it also contains support for VP-2033 (DVB-C), VP-2040 > > (DVB-C) and VP-3030 (DVB-T). DVB-S(S2) stuff will probably greatly(?) > > delay getting the support for DVB-C/T Mantis cards into v4l-dvb. > > > > For my personal use I have created a patch against the latest v4l-dvb > > based on Manu's Mantis tree including the remote control support for > > VP-2033 and VP-2040. But what I would really like to see is Mantis > > driver merged into v4l-dvb and later into mainstream. > > > > Igor, what are your thoughts about the Mantis driver? How about the > > other Mantis users, like Marko Ristola, Roland Scheidegger, and Kristian > > Slavov? > Anyone and everyone is permitted to take anything and everything from > s2-liplianin. > The tree was made for testing purposes. If it works, than it works:) > Me and Manu Abraham is not a friends, so ask him to make a pull request > for mantis. > And after that we(we like community) with combined efforts bring it to > v4l-dvb. > Manu, will you issue the pull request for the mantis driver? The version at s2-liplianin is synchronised with the current kernel and is functional for a number of cards. Please respond. Hans > > > > Regards, > > Pauli Borodulin > > > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-dvb mailing list > > linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx > > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb > > > > -- > Igor M. Liplianin > Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks > > _______________________________________________ > linux-dvb mailing list > linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb -- Release early, release often. Sensationsangebot verlängert: GMX FreeDSL - Telefonanschluss + DSL für nur 16,37 Euro/mtl.!* http://dsl.gmx.de/?ac=OM.AD.PD003K1308T4569a -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
