Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:25:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Teemu.Parkkinen@patria.fi Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Digital-tv card drivers and API discussion Message-ID: <20040414102422.H84038@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <OF2E836F34.E888AECD-ONC2256E75.0033299E@patria.fi> References: <OF2E836F34.E888AECD-ONC2256E75.0033299E@patria.fi>
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On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 Teemu.Parkkinen@patria.fi wrote: > Hi all, > > I am about to write a digital tv-driver for my dvb-c -card. Because > FreeBSD does not yet have any dvb-devices and I don't have any prior > driver development experience, I have a couple of questions for you. > > 1) Should we use Linux-DVB API as a reference, or should we consider > some changes to it? The API seems to be constantly changing and > improving. Version 3 is available here: > http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvb/linux-dvb-api-1.0.0.pdf but they are > currently working on version 4. In my opinion, the API should be > minimal, but complete, so there is no need to constantly add new > features to it. Please check in with the freebsd-multimedia mailing list before you start. They were working on a new vidoe API and this sort of thing would slot into it nicely. The bktr developers hang out there and can assist you with issues specific to video hardware. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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