[linux-dvb] Re: Witch DVB-T

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

On Tuesday 02 Nov 2004 12:37, Gavin Hamill wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 November 2004 12:30, Soyeb Aswat wrote:
> >  --- Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org> wrote:
> > > Soyeb Aswat <soyeb@btinternet.com> writes:
> > > > I also have a KWorld DVB-T which I think is a
> > >
> > > better
> > >
> > > > card, but sadly I can't yet get the drivers to
> > >
> > > work
> > >
> > > > with it :-(
> > >
> > > Is that the cx2388x based one?
> >
> > Yes.  cx2388x and samsung tuner with mt352.
>
> Ah, there's a good point...
>
> I have a 'generic' cx2388x which is working well, but I need to load the
> mt352 driver even though the card hasn't got one on-board because the
> cx88-dvb module depends on it...
>
> Is this by design and intentional or just a side-product of 'work in
> progress' ?

Its intentional - this way it is impossible to not load the frontends the card 
may need.

As for whether its a problem... I'm not entirely convinced it is - the demod 
modules are quite small. Previously the advice was to "compile and load all 
frontend modules", so I didn't think we would be wasting any more space on 
the majority of user's machines.

The alternative is to put ifdefs in the code so that unwanted frontends can be 
turned off for people who are really concerned about it. But, when I tried 
it, the code became pretty nasty.