On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 10:48 +0200, Johannes Stezenbach wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 08:17:52AM +1000, Nathan Hand wrote: > > My preference would be that the driver leaves the values alone. There is > > nothing more infuriating than telling the driver FEC_1_2 and finding > > out later the driver thinks it's smarter than you and has been silently > > "correcting" the values to FEC_3_4. > > > > In those situations, how do you tell the driver "no, I really do want > > FEC_1_2, do what I tell you"? If the driver is ignoring your values, in > > the hope of being "useful", then what do you do when the driver gets it > > wrong? Recompile the kernel? Annoying. > > If the frontend (not the driver!) is smart enough to correct wrong > parameters, why shouldn't it do so? IMHO what counts for most people > is that they can watch TV ;-)
I thought my point was clear, but I will try again. The problem is when the frontend corrects the values and GETS IT WRONG. Imagine if write(2) corrected your spelling. It's a horrible idea.
