Re: [linux-media] Re: [git:v4l-dvb/master] V4L/DVB: Add FE_CAN_PSK_8 to allow apps to identify PSK_8 capable DVB devices

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On 04/21/10 09:58, Andreas Oberritter wrote:
> Hello Mauro,
> 
> Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
>> Subject: V4L/DVB: Add FE_CAN_PSK_8 to allow apps to identify PSK_8 capable DVB devices
>> Author:  Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@xxxxxxx>
>> Date:    Sun Apr 11 06:12:52 2010 -0300
> 
> I wonder why this patch was applied without any modification. It seems
> like, as Manu pointed out, the flag should really indicate support for
> Turbo-FEC modes rather than just 8PSK (which is already a subset of
> FE_CAN_2G_MODULATION).
> 
> Btw., there is also no FE_CAN_APSK_16, FE_CAN_APSK_32 or FE_CAN_DQPSK.
> 
> Also, I'm unsure how to instruct a driver whether to choose Turbo-FEC
> mode or not in case it supports both DVB-S2 and what's used in the US.
> 
> Third, it was stated that cx24116's support for Turbo-FEC was untested
> and probably unsupported.
> 
> So I'd vote for reverting this patch until these issues are cleared.
> 
> If my assumptions above are correct, my proposal is to rename the flag
>  to FE_CAN_TURBO_FEC (as Manu proposed earlier) and remove it from
> cx24116.c.

That's what I was intending to do - time permitting ;-)
I was also surprised that the patch got applied, since I was in the
middle of discussing this with Manu...

Klaus
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