Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 14:40:21 +0300 From: Teemu.Parkkinen@patria.fi To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Digital-tv card drivers and API discussion Message-ID: <OFC73C4708.1A482243-ONC2256E75.003C7648@patria.fi>
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> > 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. > > > If the API in your evaluation is reasonably OK, we should stick with it > (or a subset of it). Being directly compatible gives a lot of benefits. I agree. > > In other words, we have to write the driver from scratch. In this case > > we don't have to stick with the Linux DVB-API and therefore I suggest > > that we give think the api through before deciding how we implement > > it (do we follow linux api or not). > > What issues do you see with the Linux API that would make us want to > change it? I would prefer not to change it. I think it's quite ok, yet it still seems to be evolving a bit. I don't think however, that this is a big issue because dvb has been included in 2.6 linux-ernels and therefore I doubt that they want to change it much. I will take a look on the most current linux api and implement FreeBSD driver based on that. If you have ideas on this that I should take into account, please let me know. -Teemu
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