From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]) by www.linuxtv.org with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LKBOk-0006qa-2B for linux-dvb@linuxtv.org; Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:51:07 +0100 Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:50:32 +0100 From: "Hans Werner" In-Reply-To: <49634AFE.2080405@borodulin.fi> Message-ID: <20090106125032.258680@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <49634AFE.2080405@borodulin.fi> To: Pauli Borodulin , linux-dvb@linuxtv.org Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] The status and future of Mantis driver List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: linux-dvb-bounces@linuxtv.org Errors-To: linux-dvb-bounces+mchehab=infradead.org@linuxtv.org List-ID: > Heya! > = > I found out that there is some new activity on Manu Abraham's Mantis = > driver, so I thought I could throw in some thoughts about it. > = > I have been using Manu's Mantis driver (http://www.jusst.de/hg/mantis) = > for over two years now. I have a VP-2033 card (DVB-C) and at least for = > the last year the driver has worked without any hickups in my daily = > (VDR) use. For a long time I have thought that the driver should already = > be merged to the v4l-dvb tree. > = > Igor M. Liplianin has created a new tree = > (http://mercurial.intuxication.org/hg/s2-liplianin) with the description = > "DVB-S(S2) drivers for Linux". Mantis driver was merged into the tree in = > October and since then some fixes has also been applied to the driver. = > Some of these fixes already exist in Manu's tree, some don't. Both trees = > are missing the remote control support for VP-2033 and VP-2040. Is s2-liplianin working for you (apart from the remote control support) ? > Until merging of the driver into s2-liplianin, there was a single tree = > for the Mantis driver development. Now that there are two trees, I fear = > that the development could scatter if there's no clear idea how the = > driver is going to get into v4l-dvb. = The major difference between the two repositories is that s2-liplianin uses= the S2API (API v5, which has already been released in kernel 2.6.28) and Manu's= tree uses the Multiproto API (which will not be released). So s2-liplianin is much cl= oser to v4l-dvb and could easily be merged in. I saw that Igor synchronized with v= 4l-dvb just 2 days ago. So s2-liplianin is the main mantis repository. Manu's tree= hasn't been touched for 3 months. > Also, the driver is not only = > DVB-S(S2), but it also contains support for VP-2033 (DVB-C), VP-2040 = > (DVB-C) and VP-3030 (DVB-T). DVB-S(S2) stuff will probably greatly(?) = > delay getting the support for DVB-C/T Mantis cards into v4l-dvb. Why will it delay it? > For my personal use I have created a patch against the latest v4l-dvb = > based on Manu's Mantis tree including the remote control support for = > VP-2033 and VP-2040. = Great! Please post your remote control patch to the mailing list. It would = be best to patch s2-liplianin if possible but Manu's tree is probably no diffe= rent for this. > But what I would really like to see is Mantis = > driver merged into v4l-dvb and later into mainstream. Me too, I would like to see s2-liplianin merged into v4l-dvb as soon as pos= sible. > Igor, what are your thoughts about the Mantis driver? How about the = > other Mantis users, like Marko Ristola, Roland Scheidegger, and Kristian = > Slavov? > = > Regards, > Pauli Borodulin Regards, Hans -- = Release early, release often. Sensationsangebot verl=E4ngert: GMX FreeDSL - Telefonanschluss + DSL = f=FCr nur 16,37 Euro/mtl.!* http://dsl.gmx.de/?ac=3DOM.AD.PD003K1308T4569a _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb