2011/6/20 Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi@xxxxxxxxxx>: > Hello, > > Le dimanche 19 juin 2011 03:10:15 HoP, vous avez écrit : >> get inspired by (unfortunately close-source) solution on stb >> Dreambox 800 I have made my own implementation >> of virtual DVB device, based on the same device API. > > Some might argue that CUSE can already do this. Then again, CUSE would not be > able to reuse the kernel DVB core infrastructure: everything would need to be > reinvented in userspace. Generally speaking, this is the key reason that "virtual dvb" drivers have been rejected in the past for upstream inclusion - it makes it easier for evil tuner manufacturers to leverage all the hard work done by the LinuxTV developers while providing a closed-source solution. It was an explicit goal to *not* allow third parties to reuse the Linux DVB core unless they were providing in-kernel drivers which conform to the GPL. 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
