On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Markus Rechberger <mrechberger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You still mistake that the important drivers are not implemented in > Kernelspace, because > of that there will never be a _requirement_ to merge the chipdrivers > in order to get it work. > For example DVB-C/T, all control commands are sent to the frontend > device node all those > commands are intercepted at userlevel while still being compatible > with legacy applications like > kaffeine or dvbscan. > > regards, > Markus It wasn't really my intent to get into the details of your implementation (kernel space versus user space). The important message is that the solution you are providing is a commercial, closed source solution. If that meets his needs, then great. If Ad's goal is to get support into the Linux mainline, then it needs to be both open source and in the kernel. Regards, Devin -- Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs http://www.kernellabs.com -- 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
