Re: [RFCv2 PATCH 0/7] V4L menu reorganization

[Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>]

Em 30-09-2011 08:34, Hans Verkuil escreveu:
> On Friday, September 30, 2011 13:28:28 Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
>> Em 30-09-2011 06:01, Hans Verkuil escreveu:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> This is the second version of my patch series reorganizing the V4L menu.
>>> It's based on the latest v3.2 staging tree.
>>>
>>> Changes to v1:
>>>
>>> - Remove unnecessary USB dependency.
>>> - Reorganize the radio menu as well.
>>>
>>> I did not sort the drivers alphabetically (yet). I'm not quite sure whether
>>> that's really a good idea, and we can always do that later.
>>
>> I still think that we need to sort things alphabetically, or to not sort
>> things at all, as any other sort criteria would be just a random criteria.
>>
>> E. g. on a non-alphabetical criteria, what should come first between bttv,
>> saa7134, ivtv and cx88? Except by the alphabetical order, any order between 
>> them will be just a random criteria, as people will argue that driver "foo"
>> should be the first one, probably because they have more hardware of that
>> type ;)
> 
> Sort by what, BTW? The driver module name?

I think so.

> 
> I'd like to get a concensus on that before I do this.

Sure.

> 
> Regards,
> 
> 	Hans
> 
>> In my case, I would vote for saa7134 as I currently have more hardware of
>> that type. A few years ago, my vote would be for cx88. I bet you'll vote
>> for ivtv ;)
>>
>>> This series is meant for v3.2, but I won't make a pull request until
>>> Guennadi's pull request is merged first. I'm sure I will have to redo my
>>> patches once his series is in.
>>
>> Ok.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> 	Hans
>>>
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