Re: Linux 2.6.10-rc3 oops when 'modprobe -r dvb-bt8xx'

[Michael Hunold <hunold@linuxtv.org>]

Hi,

Am 12/07/04 19:03, Gerd Knorr schrieb:
> I somehow feel the best way to deal with that is to merge the
> redesigned frontend handing pending in -mm at the moment into Linus
> tree _now_, that should kill that whole class of bugs.

Johannes and I had agreed with Andrew that the redesigned frontend code 
should stay in -mm for now, because we expect that support for some 
cards is broken. We currently don't receive very much reports on the 
mailing list though.

> That may result in the dvb subsystem not being that stable in 2.6.10.
> But dvb not being rock solid in 2.6.10 will very likely happen anyway
> as the code currently in Linus' tree isn't very stable as well.  I
> think the chance that it gets even worse is small enougth that we can
> take the risk.
> 
> Additional bonus would be that we don't get bugreports for the old
> code base which is already obsolete (and nobody wants to work on
> because of that).
> 
> Michael?

I just spoke to Johannes and we agree with you, Gerd. The DVB changes 
can and should be merged from -mm now. There is a fair chance that the 
remaining issues with broken cards can be resolved before 2.6.10.

The code is in a good shape and only some small patches are missing from 
the LinuxTV.org CVS.

I can prepare a patch that fixes the support for some cards and other 
minor improvements tomorrow.

>   Gerd

CU
Michael.