On Wed, 26 May 2004, Andrea Venturi wrote: > BTW i'm wondering if this kind of usb driver could be completely an user > space application because it's based on best-effort usb transaction > (dont remember the exact term in usb terminology; not synchronous, i > mean) and i remember there are already user space application acting > like driver for other usb adapter.
Yes, it only has bulk endpoints. But I'm not sure if a user level application is a real alternative to having a "real" driver, which fits into the dvb api. Since devices are so different in programming this wouldn't make too much sense, would it? > this way, an alpha-state driver should be less of a pain WRT crashing > the running kernel! Yes, indeed, this is a point. But then it won't work with standard applications (mplayer, xine, scan)... best regards Patrick -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
