[linux-dvb] Re: Rename budget drivers?

[Andrew de Quincey <adq_dvb@lidskialf.net>]

On Wednesday 10 Nov 2004 18:11, Holger Waechtler wrote:
> 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...

Yeah, this sounds good to me too.