[linux-dvb] DVBFE_SET_PARAMS / delsys from fe_info ioctl ?

Manu Abraham abraham.manu at gmail.com
Mon Mar 3 01:22:00 CET 2008


Florian Lohoff wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This is 
> why my application, which did not issue a GET_INFO but rather set the
> delivery system in the dvbfeparam, failed. The delivery in the

..

> 
> - A GET or READ call should never ever alter state - otherwise it should be named
>   different. Its the same with read/write, peek/poke, load/store set/get.
>   Just because i ask about informations concerning the DVB-S frontend does
>   not mean that i will not start DVB-S2 or DSS.

This won't work. params will contain data only after you have 
successfully issued
SET_PARAMS not before. For SET_PARAMS to work, you need the delivery system
cached for the operation.

Do you see the same bug with szap too ? 
(http://abraham.manu.googlepages.com/szap.c)




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