Daniel Kristjansson wrote:
> I've attached a patch which I believe addresses the stop, change input,
> restart procedure within the driver in just a few lines of code. The
> application writer still has the option of putting ivtv specific code
> in their V4L2 handling code, but doesn't have to. If they do put the
> ivtv driver code in their application this patch doesn't change the
> behaviour at all.
>
> My only concern is whether this is atomic, i.e. can ivtv_try_or_set_fmt
> be called by the application via an ioctl on a different file descriptor
> while the input switching ioctl is operating?
>   
the problem now is that 2.6.24 is out and therefore this patch will not 
(even if accepted) get into the kernel for at least a couple of months.
--
simon

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