[linux-dvb] Re: refactoring

[Johannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org>]

Holger Waechtler wrote:
> yes. One more point comes to my mind: the new interface allows the 
> dvb-core layer to map the same driver easily to different API versions, 
> we can share the same code for v3, v4 anv v5 (where I'd like to see all 
> status calls merging into a single ioctl...).

V4 will use (mostly) the same frontend API (with some cleanup in naming)
and the same implementation as V3. I don't see the need to invent and implement
something new.

Johannes