From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net ([167.206.4.198]) by www.linuxtv.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KZRtV-0005Se-Sm for linux-dvb@linuxtv.org; Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:57:42 +0200 Received: from steven-toths-macbook-pro.local (ool-18bfe594.dyn.optonline.net [24.191.229.148]) by mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0K6F001TH5J78MM0@mta3.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for linux-dvb@linuxtv.org; Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:57:07 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:57:07 -0400 From: Steven Toth In-reply-to: <48B93A3B.6090301@chaosmedia.org> To: "ChaosMedia > WebDev" Message-id: <48B95FC3.7050005@linuxtv.org> MIME-version: 1.0 References: <48B8400A.9030409@linuxtv.org> <48B93A3B.6090301@chaosmedia.org> Cc: linux-dvb Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] DVB-S2 / Multiproto and future modulation support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-dvb-bounces@linuxtv.org Errors-To: linux-dvb-bounces+mchehab=infradead.org@linuxtv.org List-ID: ChaosMedia > WebDev wrote: > It's not my place to judge if the problem is moving in the right > direction or not but it's a good thing that something happens. > I'll trust the experienced devs whom acked this proposal. Thank you, it was time to take a position and it's good to see many people supporting us now. > > Writting a multiproto patch for kaffeine to get dvb-s2 support, got me > to learn a bit about v4l-dvb api and multiproto. Again i'm no > experienced coder, i followed some examples to keep v4l-dvb backward > compatibility and it wasn't really a walk in the park nor was it really > necessary now that i look at it, either your use multiproto or you don't > and if you do, patch your app and build it again. > But well it's working and that's what was most important to me, to get > it working "asap". Agreed. > > So as Christophe Thommeret wrote, who helped a lot dealing with > kaffeine, i'll support whichever api is going to bring dvb-s2 and new > dvb hardware support to the kernel. Agreed. > > In the meantime i'll keep using and maintaining my multiproto patch as > it's curently done with most other applications, so end users don't have > to wait for the whole kernel thing to get completed. Great, please do. > > And of course if or when the new api has to be tested and modifications > to be done on the application side, i'll join the effort. Great, thanks. > > Marc. > > Acked-by: Marc Delcambre Regards, Steve _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb