Em Fri, 11 Sep 2015 17:48:19 +0200 Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xxxxxxxxx> escreveu: > 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> Fixed, thanks. > > 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. Yeah, I'm also not convinced if it would be worth to represent indirect links. That's why I opted to comment, instead of striping them. > > 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) > > > > -- 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