Re: [PATCH RFC v2 0/7] V4L2 SDR API

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On 12/14/2013 06:47 PM, Antti Palosaari wrote:
> On 14.12.2013 19:05, Hans Verkuil wrote:
>> On 12/14/2013 05:45 PM, Antti Palosaari wrote:
>>> Hello
>>> One possible problem I noticed is device node name.
>>>
>>> Documentation/devices.txt
>>>
>>>    65 block	SCSI disk devices (16-31)
>>> 		  0 = /dev/sdq		17th SCSI disk whole disk
>>> 		 16 = /dev/sdr		18th SCSI disk whole disk
>>> 		 32 = /dev/sds		19th SCSI disk whole disk
>>> 		    ...
>>> 		240 = /dev/sdaf		32nd SCSI disk whole disk
>>>
>>> 		Partitions are handled in the same way as for IDE
>>> 		disks (see major number 3) except that the limit on
>>> 		partitions is 15.
>>>
>>>
>>>    81 char	video4linux
>>> 		  0 = /dev/video0	Video capture/overlay device
>>> 		    ...
>>> 		 63 = /dev/video63	Video capture/overlay device
>>> 		 64 = /dev/radio0	Radio device
>>> 		    ...
>>> 		127 = /dev/radio63	Radio device
>>> 		224 = /dev/vbi0		Vertical blank interrupt
>>> 		    ...
>>> 		255 = /dev/vbi31	Vertical blank interrupt
>>>
>>>
>>> What I understand, /dev/sdr is not suitable node name as it conflicts
>>> with existing node name.
>>
>> Good catch, that won't work :-)
>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>
>> /dev/sdradio?
> 
> /dev/swradio?
> 
> 
> Lets do a small poll here. Everyone, but me, has a one vote ;)

I'm happy with swradio as well. It's probably better than sdradio, namespace-wise.

Regards,

	Hans
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