Re: how to get a registered adapter name

[DUBOST Brice <dubost@crans.ens-cachan.fr>]

Matthias Schwarzott a écrit :
> On Freitag, 27. November 2009, Brice Dubost wrote:
>> Benedict bdc091 wrote:
>>> Hi list,
>>>
>>> I'd like to enumerate connected DVB devices from my softawre, based on
>>> DVB API V3.
> 
>>> So, I tried to figure out a way to get "ASUS My Cinema U3000 Mini DVBT
>>> Tuner" string from adapter, instead of "DiBcom 7000PC" from adapter's
>>> frontend...
>>> Unsuccefully so far.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have the same issue, I look a bit to the code of the DVB drivers, it
>> seems not obvious to recover this name as it is written now
>>
>> It is stored in the "struct dvb_adapter". and printed by
>> dvb_register_adapter, but doesn't seems to be available by other functions
>>
> 
> I think putting it somewhere into sysfs is a good idea (along with frontend 
> name).
> Best is to move all dvb sysfs-devices into a per adapter subdirectory.
> 

Hello

Is there already parts of the DVB code that use explicitely sysfs ?

I pehraps missed something, but it seems that everything in sysfs
concerning DVB is coming from the subsystems (PCI, or USB) or the
modules parameters but no DVB wide information

Am I wrong ?

Is there a reason for this ?



-- 
Brice

A: Yes.
>Q: Are you sure?
>>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>>Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?