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From: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@linuxtv.org>
To: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
Cc: video4linux-list@redhat.com
Subject: Re: An example for RFC: Add support to query and change connections inside a media device
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:18:16 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <48834928.6080207@linuxtv.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200807201447.35659.hverkuil@xs4all.nl>

Hans Verkuil wrote:
> As usual, comments are welcome.

Why /dev/v4l/foo and not /dev/media/foo?

I think "v4l" is a poor choice -- v4l refers to video4linux, but Linux-DVB is it's own subsystem and its own branding.

If you want to be all-encompassing, then I think that "media" is a much better choice than "v4l".

-Mike


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  reply	other threads:[~2008-07-20 14:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-07-18 14:25 RFC: Add support to query and change connections inside a media device Hans Verkuil
2008-07-18 23:23 ` Andy Walls
2008-07-19 11:08   ` Hans Verkuil
2008-07-22 10:00     ` Nickolay V. Shmyrev
2008-07-20 12:47 ` An example for " Hans Verkuil
2008-07-20 14:18   ` Michael Krufky [this message]
2008-07-20 14:21     ` Hans Verkuil

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