[linux-dvb] Re: refactoring

[Holger Waechtler <holger@qanu.de>]

Johannes Stezenbach wrote:

> 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.
>  
Collecting the entire frontend status makes at once makes sense, you 
usually need all the infos at the same time.

Holger