[linux-dvb] Re: [PATCH] Coding style for skystar2.c (both DVBand dvb-kernel)

[Holger Waechtler <holger@convergence.de>]

Roberto Ragusa wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 08:41:02 +0100
> Holger Waechtler <holger@convergence.de> wrote:
>
>
> > Can you please report the oops-log with symbols resolved using ksymoops?
>
> Sorry, I was wrong. The dvb-kernel version works (before and after my patch).
>
> I was stupid enough to manually install skystar2.o from dvb-kernel and try
> using it with the old dvb-core and others from DVB.
>
> There was another issue instead, not related to skystar2:
> depmod -a -e says
>   depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.22-r1/misc/dvb-bt8xx.o
>   depmod:         bttv_get_i2c_adap
> This function is defined nowhere and used in a
>   #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,0)
> condition.
You need to apply a bttv patch for older 2.4 kernels or bttv versions. 
You find it in the bt8xx driver directory.

> > The DVB/ tree won't get maintained for improvements, there we apply 
> > serious bugfixes only - the next major release will be based on the 
> > dvb-kernel/ tree.
>
> So, the stylistic patch will not be applied to DVB/?
no.

> What about the pid=8192 one? That is a bug (if serious or not, it's
> questionable).
Hmm, don't know for sure. The patch is clean enough to be almost sure 
that we don't introduce new bugs, so I'd vote for a backport to the DVB/ 
tree.

> When is the next major release supposed to happen?
When things work stable and sufficient new features justify a major release?
:)

Holger



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