On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 20:34:10 +0200, Holger Waechtler wrote: > 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 > > Okay, here is a patch against CVS that adds a 'FE_SET_LEGACY_SWITCH' ioctl. Feel free to modify it as you wish.
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