[linux-dvb] Re: Rename budget drivers?

[Holger Waechtler <holger@qanu.de>]

Robert Schlabbach wrote:

> From: "Andrew de Quincey" <adq_dvb@lidskialf.net>
>  
> > We're sort of half way between both positions right now.
> > Personally I think there should be a structure. I'd suggest
> > dvb-<bus>-<extra>.
> >
> > Where <bus> is "usb", "pci" etc.. and "extra" identifies the
> > card itself... e.g. "tt", "tt-ff", "knc1", "tt-ci".
> >
> > I'm not sure the suggestion to call them dvb-saa7146-* makes
> > sense - e.g. I don't think it would make sense to add the
> > device-side USB interface chip to all the USB devices.
> >    
> Well, in USB you just talk to the USB bus driver, whereas PCI bridge code
> is somewhat more complex, so IMHO it'd make sense to classify what PCI
> device you're talking to, so that people wanting to add new modules know if
> there is already some source for a specific PCI bridge.
>
> How about e.g.:
>
> dvb-pci-saa7146a-ttbudget
> dvb-pci-saa7146a-ttpremium
> dvb-pci-saa7134-ttbudget
>  
yes, this would even make it easier for people to find out what drivers 
they need to load, the PCI bridge chip label is usually easy to read...

Holger