Hans Werner wrote: > -------- 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. > No, the Mantis driver from the s2 liplianin tree will not be pulled in as it is. It is way under work. Look out for changes in the http://jusst.de/hg/mantis By just splitting up the user base, you have made this process a bit longer, that's what it is. -- 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
