[pvrusb2] New driver snapshot: pvrusb2-mci-20060625

[xavier.gnata@free.fr]

Selon Mike Isely <isely at isely.net>:

> On Wed, 28 Jun 2006, xavier.gnata at free.fr wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > *great* news. I gonna to compile a 2.6.18 git or rc1 as soon as possbile :)
> > Very good job (but I have no time to test in during hours :( ;))
> >
> > one point : xawtv4 is not dead because kernel merging implies sys interface
> drop
> > (correct me if needed). So, xawtv is the only project able to take avantage
> of
>
> Why would kernel merging rules result in dropping the sysfs interface?
> My understanding is that the kernel developers want to eventually kill
> ioctl() (and certainly discourage any further extensions using it) and
> that the more explicit, compatible, and self-documenting means of using
> sysfs was supposed to be its replacement.  Maybe I misread this.  I've
> been misreading a lot lately :-(

Ho. I must be wrong. If you do not have to drop sysfs interface, it is a great
news. sysfs + script language + mplayer and I'm happy ;)

> > pvrusb2. Ok, mythtv is great but mythtv is not done to watch tv in a small
> > windows left-top-corner of the screen. GNU/Linux really needs a modern and
> > fully V4L2 TV apps (tvtime is a great when you do not deal with mepg2).
>
> MythTV should in theory not need any tweaks via sysfs in order to work.

Sure.

> Sure there are sysfs things one might want to do to improve matters, but
> nothing required.  By the way, this new driver snapshot should correctly
> honor requested video resolution from the V4L2 app now.  So...  If you say
> "640x480" in MythTV then that's what you should get.  I have not tested
> this however.  Anyone want to try it?

Added in my "to test" list.

 Ok, I'm on the wrong list ;)
>
> :-)
>
> Rumor has it that ivtv will appear in kernel 2.6.19, but don't quote me on
> that :-)

Is it now sure to have pvrusb2 in 2.6.18 ?

>    -Mike
>
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