Hi again, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > What is the purpose of the circular buffer "buffer" in the "dvb_demux_feed" > struct? Looking through the code I see that we have #define NOBUFS which > seems to mean that this circular buffer isn't used at the moment. The only > buffers I can see that would be used are the physical hardware buffer which > the filtered packets are dumped into from a feed (dependent on the h/w), a > temporary section buffer used when the h/w can't perform section filtering > and a circular buffer attached to each filter that a user process waits on. > > Could the "set" method in the TS Feed API be used to set a h/w > buffer/circular buffer instead of a vmalloc if NOBUFS is not defined? When > would you use this circular buffer when NOBUFS is NOT defined?
The kernel demux API needs some cleanup, too. I don't know about the NOBUFS stuff, but a way to set the hw fifos is on my TODO. Johannes -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
