[linux-dvb] Re: High level CA implementation..

[Manu Abraham <manu@kromtek.com>]

On Tue November 2 2004 1:52 pm, Patrick Boettcher wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Nov 2004, Andrew de Quincey wrote:
> > > Andrew's driver works in the transport layer and there is no use for
> > > such an implementation in this case. All the layers happen to be
> > > embedded into the ASIC. The only thing one can do is send a message to
> > > the
> > > CA_SEND_MESSAGE, or get a message CA_GET_MESSAGE or get the application
> > > info CA_GET_APP_INFO. Nothing more
> >
> > IMO, those three should be exposed. What kind of messages can you
> > send/receive to it? Can you give an example?
>
> At the weekend I wrote an email about Twinhan's release of linux drivers
> for their cards:
> http://www.linuxtv.org/mailinglists/linux-dvb/2004/10-2004/msg00914.html
>

I had quite some of them, as a result they handed me the code, asked me to do 
whatever to do whatever i felt to do with it.

> In the archive of the drivers, there is a twinhan_ca.c . I had a short
> look, it looks quite comprehensive even though I don't know much about
> CI/CAM levels.
>

It is comprehensive, but the implementation is rather high level.

Regards,
Manu