Re: [linux-dvb] DST/BT878 module customization (.. was: Critical points about ...)

[Manu Abraham <abraham.manu@gmail.com>]

Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Hi Manu,
> 
>> From my side, quite some time has been put forward to write that mail.
>> Inspite of that if you feel that you do have to go your own way, then
>> it is completely upto you. I would say: do as you feel in such a case.
> 
> The point is that those issues are pending for a long time, and they
> should be solved, especially the module removal issue (*)
> 
> If you are so afraid about applying those changes, maybe the better is
> to apply those patches at v4l-dvb tree and at -mm, asking people to
> test.
> 
> We may hold their commit on kernel mainstream until the next kernel
> release, if nobody complains about, or otherwise revert the changes, if
> they proofed to cause troubles at dst and/or dvb-bt8xx.
> 
> Also, you (or others) may write another approach keeping the fixes with
> an strategy more adequate for dst.
> 
> Do you agree with this way?

NACK

> 
> -- 
> Cheers,
> Mauro
> 
> (*) Currently, dst can be removed only with "rmmod -f", due to a wrong
> usage count. With Trent's patches, this were fixed.

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.dvb/27792/match=re+linux+dvb+unable+rmmod+dst+bt8xx