[linux-dvb] Re: [PATCH] Legacy Dish Network switches

[Holger Waechtler <holger@qanu.de>]

NooneImportant wrote:

> Based off the work that Jeremy Hall did 2 years ago, I have patch that
> supports controlling legacy dish network switches (SW21, SW44, SW64,
> etc)
>
> The code itself is simple enough, and is added to the frontend code (st0299.c).
>
> However, the question is, how do I call this code.  I came up  with 2 options:
> 1) add a new ioctl for it, and 2) overload the FE_DISEQC_SEND_MASTER_CMD ioctl.
>  
Please create a new ioctl() because only this will allow the userspace 
application whether the Dish sequences are supported by the currently 
used frontend or not.

Holger