Re: [linux-dvb] [PATCH] Add missing S2 caps flag to S2API

From: Helmut Auer <vdr@helmutauer.de>
To: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org
Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] [PATCH] Add missing S2 caps flag to S2API
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 10:44:18 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <495355F1.8020406@helmutauer.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <494FC15C.6020400@gmx.de>

Hello Udo
> After some insights to S2API interface, this looks even better to me:
>
> properties.num = 1;
> properties.props[0].cmd = DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM;
> properties.props[0].u.data = SYS_DVBS2;
> if (ioctl(d, FE_CAP_SET_PROPERTY, &properties) >= 0) {
>      // has S2 capability
> }
>
> A generic frontend test function that delivers the necessary S2 
> capability information, and many other capabilities too. And there are a 
> lot more delivery systems that seem to be hard to detect, so a query 
> function 'can do SYS_XXXX' seems necessary anyway.
>
>
>   
That's a good approach, but I doubt that anyone takes care of it.
This mailing list is like WOM (Write only Memory) when you post patches 
or make suggestions :(

-- 
Helmut Auer, helmut@helmutauer.de 


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