From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.work.de ([212.12.32.20]) by www.linuxtv.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Kihyq-0001Nz-HO for linux-dvb@linuxtv.org; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:57:29 +0200 Message-ID: <48DB0C1E.6020605@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:57:18 +0400 From: Manu Abraham MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Hans Verkuil References: <4724.24.120.242.223.1222313000.squirrel@webmail.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <4724.24.120.242.223.1222313000.squirrel@webmail.xs4all.nl> Cc: Greg KH , Andrew Morton , Linus Torvalds , DVB ML Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] [ANNOUNCE] DVB API improvements 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: 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. Regards, Manu _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb