Benjamin Forgeau wrote:
Hi you all,
I want to try the DVB drivers from 2.5.x kernels. I downloaded the kernel 2.5.50, it compiles, no problems at all. I discovered some nice ideas in this kernel, like ALSA (not working for now, but that's not the point).
How should we use the drivers??? What is the standard way??
just like before.
In the near future, the DVB drivers will be included in the 2.6.x kernels. Then DVB will be available out-of-the-box for everybody. Then should we just use it like #include<linux/dvb/frontend.h> and so on, without more information??The API documentation is right now only in the old DVB module. We'll have to clean it up and then submit it to the kernel Documentation tree.
I tried to replace the directory /usr/include/linux with a link on /usr/src/linux-2.5.50/include/linux, and tried to compile VDR, but a lot of symbols are defined twice. So it is not the solution. I don't want to hack more before I get an idea on the right way to go. Which one?most software has the DVB API include path coded somewhere in the Makefile or you can pass it by configure-option or environment variable before calling make.
Another thing, there is no "version.h" in the kernel include files. Why?? Will it disappear??This one was omitted by accident, I sent it again to Alan Cox. You should find it in the kernel release which includes the next patchset.
And what is the status of OSD in the future releases?? There is a remark in the help message saying that it may not be supported later.That's correct. Don't rely on it - this interface is very tight bound to the AV7110 based DVB cards. Use e.g. DirectFB, SDL, XRender or any other portable graphics API when you create a DVB video application.
Holger
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