[linux-dvb] Re: cinergyT2: which kernel/usb module to use?

[Ralph Metzler <rjkm@metzlerbros.de>]

Johannes Stezenbach writes:
 > Stefan Lucke wrote:
 > > The bad thing is, that with vdr (1.3.7) I had a system freeze again (caps
 > > lock and scroll lock continuously on).
 > 
 > I already reported that there is an infinite recursion in
 > Holger's FE_GET_EVENT implementation. You'll just get
 > a stack overflow.
 > 
 > The whole issue could be trivially fixed by converting cinergyT2
 > to use the dvb_frontend core, as *all* other frontends do.
 > I would volunteer to do that, however I won't unless Holger
 > gives me an OK -- I guess he had some reasons not to use
 > dvb_frontend.


I don't know his reasons but for some frontends you just do 
not need/want the whole dvb_frontend stuff, especially if it 
is changing every few weeks.
I am also not using it for Twinhan cards myself.
Maybe dvb_frontend should just export some message queue handling
calls. 

Regardless of all this, an application should handle getting an
EINVAL or ENOTSUPP from FE_GET_EVENT.

Ralph