Re: [PATCH] Ngene cam device name

[Martin Vidovic <xtronom@gmail.com>]

Andreas Oberritter wrote:
> On 03/10/2011 04:29 PM, Issa Gorissen wrote:
>   
>> As the cxd20099 driver is in staging due to abuse of the sec0 device, this
>> patch renames it to cam0. The sec0 device is not in use and can be removed
>>     
>
> That doesn't solve anything. Besides, your patch doesn't even do what
> you describe.
>
> Wouldn't it be possible to extend the current CA API? If not, shouldn't
> a new API be created that covers both old and new requirements?
>
> It's rather unintuitive that some CAMs appear as ca0, while others as cam0.
>   
Ngene CI appears as both ca0 and cam0 (or sec0). The ca0 node is used
as usual, to setup the CAM. The cam0 (or sec0) node is used to read/write
transport stream. To me it  looks like an extension of the current API.

The sec name needs changing obviously, but there seem to be some other
problems too.
> If it was that easy to fix, it wouldn't be in staging today.
>
> Regards,
> Andreas
>   
Regards,
Martin