Re: [linux-dvb] [ANNOUNCE] DVB API improvements

From: Christophe Thommeret <hftom@free.fr>
To: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org
Cc: Manu Abraham <abraham.manu@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] [ANNOUNCE] DVB API improvements
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:04:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200809250604.44125.hftom@free.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48DB0C1E.6020605@gmail.com>

Le Thursday 25 September 2008 05:57:18 Manu Abraham, vous avez écrit :
> Hans Verkuil wrote:
> > Just work with Steve to convert the current devices in the multiproto
> > tree to use this API. If there is anything missing kick Steve and he'll
> > have to add whatever is needed. That's *his* responsibility and he
> > accepted that during the discussions.
>
> With the multiproto tree, you _don't_need_ to convert any devices to use
> the new infrastructure, whereas with S2API you need to do that. This is
> a major drawback. In the multiproto tree, all devices work just without
> any conversion of any kind, also it is completely backward compatible.
>
> The aspect of backward compatibility and drivers not getting converted
> had been a major issue, when the original DVB-S2 discussions came up.
> This had been a design goal for the multiproto tree.

I'm not sure to get you Manu.
Do you mean that existing drivers have to be "converted" to work with s2api ?

-- 
Christophe Thommeret

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