From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
To: Devin Heitmueller <dheitmueller@kernellabs.com>
Cc: Ismael Luceno <ismael.luceno@gmail.com>, linux-media@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] au0828: Move under dvb
Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 10:40:24 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FB8F448.4030702@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4FB8F266.7050308@redhat.com>
Em 20-05-2012 10:32, Mauro Carvalho Chehab escreveu:
> Em 12-05-2012 07:21, Devin Heitmueller escreveu:
>> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 11:08 PM, Ismael Luceno <ismael.luceno@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 11 May 2012 08:04:59 -0400
>>> Devin Heitmueller <dheitmueller@kernellabs.com> wrote:
>>> ...
>>>> What is the motivation for moving these files?
>>>
>>> Well, the device was on the wrong Kconfig section, and while thinking
>>> about changing that, I just thought to move it under DVB.
>>>
>>>> The au0828 is a hybrid bridge, and every other hybrid bridge is
>>>> under video?
>>>
>>> Sorry, the devices I got don't support analog, so I didn't thought
>>> about it that much...
>>>
>>> I guess it's arbitrary... isn't it? wouldn't it be better to have an
>>> hybrid section? (just thinking out loud)
>>
>> Yeah, in this case it's largely historical (a product from before the
>> V4L and DVB subsystems were merged). At this point I don't see any
>> real advantage to arbitrarily moving the stuff around. And in fact in
>> some areas it's even more ambiguous because some drivers are hybrid
>> drivers but support both hybrid chips as well as analog-only (the
>> em28xx driver is one such example).
>>
>> Anyway, Mauro is welcome to offer his opinion if it differs, but as
>> far as I'm concerned this patch shouldn't get applied.
>
> I won't apply this patch.
>
> If the Kconfig menus are confusing, then we should fix it, instead of moving
> things from one place to another ;)
Hmm...
menuconfig VIDEO_CAPTURE_DRIVERS
bool "Video capture adapters"
depends on VIDEO_V4L2
default y
---help---
Say Y here to enable selecting the video adapters for
webcams, analog TV, and hybrid analog/digital TV.
Some of those devices also supports FM radio.
The help explanation is OK. Maybe we could change the description:
comment at the bool description. What about the change below?
Regards,
Mauro
-
[media] video: Improve Kconfig menu description
The menu description can mislead to indicate that only capture devices
are there.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/Kconfig b/drivers/media/dvb/Kconfig
index f6e40b3..8efa494 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/Kconfig
@@ -29,11 +29,12 @@ config DVB_DYNAMIC_MINORS
If you are unsure about this, say N here.
menuconfig DVB_CAPTURE_DRIVERS
- bool "DVB/ATSC adapters"
+ bool "Digital TV adapters"
depends on DVB_CORE
default y
---help---
- Say Y to select Digital TV adapters
+ Say Y to select Digital TV adapters. Hybrid devices
+ with both analog TV and digital TVs are not there.
if DVB_CAPTURE_DRIVERS && DVB_CORE
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/Kconfig b/drivers/media/video/Kconfig
index 268b36d..a5a0ef2 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/media/video/Kconfig
@@ -71,12 +71,13 @@ config VIDEOBUF2_DMA_SG
#
menuconfig VIDEO_CAPTURE_DRIVERS
- bool "Video capture adapters"
+ bool "Video adapters (capture, webcams, analog TV, hybrid TV)"
depends on VIDEO_V4L2
default y
---help---
Say Y here to enable selecting the video adapters for
- webcams, analog TV, and hybrid analog/digital TV.
+ webcams, video capture, analog TV, and hybrid
+ analog/digital TV.
Some of those devices also supports FM radio.
if VIDEO_CAPTURE_DRIVERS && VIDEO_V4L2
prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-20 13:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-11 6:14 [PATCH 1/2] au0828: Add USB ID used by many dongles Ismael Luceno
2012-05-11 6:14 ` [PATCH 2/2] au0828: Move under dvb Ismael Luceno
2012-05-11 12:04 ` Devin Heitmueller
2012-05-12 3:08 ` Ismael Luceno
2012-05-12 10:21 ` Devin Heitmueller
2012-05-20 13:32 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2012-05-20 13:40 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab [this message]
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