[linux-dvb] Re: Remove frequency bending from frontend core

[Holger Waechtler <holger@qanu.de>]

Andrew de Quincey wrote:

> On Tuesday 30 Nov 2004 15:17, Michael Hunold wrote:
>  
> > Hi,
> >
> > currently we have struct dvb_frontend which is basically a container for
> > struct dvb_frontend_data. I'd like to unify these two structs and get
> > rid of the frontend list.
> >
> > This is possible, but currently frequency bending relies on the ability
> > to tell if two frontends are located on the same adapter.
> >
> > IIRC Convergence has used this "feature" for exactly one demonstration
> > board, where two frontends were located side by side and disturbed each
> > other. It's not used by any of the major cards out there.
> >
> > If nobody objects, I'll remove this altogether.
> >    
> Anything which simplifies it is good by me. I've never found frequency bending 
> to be of any benefit.
>  
yes, if the event queue and this is removed the code should look much 
cleaner...

Holger