From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from 7of9.schinagl.nl ([88.159.158.68]:34327 "EHLO 7of9.schinagl.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759152Ab3DAKHk (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Apr 2013 06:07:40 -0400 Message-ID: <51595CBA.8050602@schinagl.nl> Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:08:58 +0200 From: Oliver Schinagl MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ralph Metzler CC: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: ddbridge v0.8 References: <511C0385.2060308@schinagl.nl> <20766.15478.535523.4665@morden.metzler> In-Reply-To: <20766.15478.535523.4665@morden.metzler> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hey Ralph, On 02/15/13 14:47, Ralph Metzler wrote: > Oliver Schinagl writes: > > On 02/11/13 23:20, Martin Vidovic wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Is there any plan to include ddbridge driver version 0.8 in mainline kernel > > > (currently it's 0.5). I really see no reason it's in the vacuum like now > > > for almost a year. No sign of pushing it into mainline. Why is that so? > > > It's a good driver. > > You should ask Ralph Metzler (added to CC) as he wrote the driver I > > think or atleast maintains it. > > I wrote the driver but I never submitted it to the kernel myself. I got frustrated > with that process years ago. Oliver Endriss took care of it and necessary coding style > adjustments etc. in the last few years. (Many thanks again!) > But now he also stopped to pass it into the kernel due to some complications > with other changes upstream. > > I usually distribute a package with own versions of dvb-core, frontend and > ddbridge drivers now. When the next major restructuring due to the DVB-C modulator > card and the stand-alone hardware network streamer (octopus net) support is done, > I will make it publically available. The current driver is version 0.9.7. > It should be up to kernel coding style and can be easily copied over into > a current kernel. But I am not about to take it apart into little patches. What is the current status of this? I saw that the DVB-C modulator is on sale now. I guess octopus-net isn't announced yet and will be something like the current octopus, but as a streamer instead of receiver? > > Regards, > Ralph > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >