On 09/06/2015 07:31 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Indirect links are those whose the interface indirectly controls
s/the//
> other functions.
>
> There are two interfaces that have indirect controls at the DVB
> side:
> - the network interface, with also controls the demux;
s/with/which/
> - the DVR interface with also controls the demux.
ditto
>
> One could argue that the frontend control to the tuner is indirect.
> Well, that's debateable. There's no way to create subdef interfaces
s/debateable/debatable/
s/subdef/subdev/
> for tuner and demod, as those devices are tightly coupled. So, it
> was decided that just one interface is the best to control both
> entities, and there's no plan (or easy way) to decouple both. So,
> the DVB frontend interface should link to both entities.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
With the typos fixed:
Acked-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@xxxxxxxxx>
Note: I am not convinced that the dvr->demux indirect link isn't needed, but
it can be enabled later, so it's OK for me to keep it under #if 0 for now.
Regards,
Hans
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
> index ea76fe54e0e4..e9f24c1479dd 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
> @@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ int dvb_create_media_graph(struct dvb_adapter *adap)
> }
> }
>
> - /* Create indirect interface links for FE->tuner, DVR->demux and CA->ca */
> + /* Create interface links for FE->tuner, DVR->demux and CA->ca */
> media_device_for_each_intf(intf, mdev) {
> if (intf->type == MEDIA_INTF_T_DVB_CA && ca) {
> link = media_create_intf_link(ca, intf,
> @@ -634,13 +634,19 @@ int dvb_create_media_graph(struct dvb_adapter *adap)
> if (!link)
> return -ENOMEM;
> }
> -
> +#if 0
> + /*
> + * Indirect link - let's not create yet, as we don't know how
> + * to handle indirect links, nor if this will
> + * actually be needed.
> + */
> if (intf->type == MEDIA_INTF_T_DVB_DVR && demux) {
> link = media_create_intf_link(demux, intf,
> MEDIA_LNK_FL_ENABLED);
> if (!link)
> return -ENOMEM;
> }
> +#endif
> if (intf->type == MEDIA_INTF_T_DVB_DVR) {
> ret = dvb_create_io_intf_links(adap, intf, DVR_TSOUT);
> if (ret)
>
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