Re: [PATCH 00/13] Reduce the gap between DVBv5 API and the specs

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On 6/9/11, Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There's a huge gap between the DVB specs and the current implementation.
> This were caused by years of changes that happened at the code but
> no updates to the specs were done.
>
> This patch series tries to reduce this gap.
>
> Basically, the headers at include/linux/dvb were included at the API.
> The Makefile scripting auto-generate references for structs, typedefs
> and ioctls. With this, it is now easy to identify when something is
> missing.
>
> After adding such logic, I've manually synchronized the specs with the
> header file and updated the data structures.
>
> The work is not complete yet: there are still several ioctl's not
> documented at the specs:

> While here, I noticed that one audio ioctl is not used anyware
> (AUDIO_GET_PTS). There is just the ioctl definition and that's it.
> I just removed this definition, as removing it won't cause any
> regression, as no in-kernel driver or dvb-core uses it.


Please do not apply this patch; the SAA716x FF DVB driver uses the same ioctl.

Best Regards,
Manu
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