Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-22 Thread HoP
2011/6/22 Markus Rechberger mrechber...@gmail.com: My very little opinion is that waving GPL is way to the hell. Nobody told me why similar technologies, in different kernel parts are acceptable, but not here. since a customer was trying to use this module the only feedback I can give

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-22 Thread Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Em 21-06-2011 14:38, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/21 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 21-06-2011 12:09, Andreas Oberritter escreveu: On 06/21/2011 04:35 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em 21-06-2011 11:15, Andreas Oberritter escreveu: On 06/21/2011 03:44 PM, Devin Heitmueller wrote: On

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-22 Thread Andreas Oberritter
On 06/22/2011 02:17 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em 21-06-2011 14:38, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/21 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 21-06-2011 12:09, Andreas Oberritter escreveu: On 06/21/2011 04:35 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em 21-06-2011 11:15, Andreas Oberritter escreveu:

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-22 Thread HoP
2011/6/22 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 21-06-2011 14:38, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/21 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 21-06-2011 12:09, Andreas Oberritter escreveu: On 06/21/2011 04:35 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em 21-06-2011 11:15, Andreas Oberritter escreveu:

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-22 Thread Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Em 22-06-2011 09:37, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/22 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 21-06-2011 14:38, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/21 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 21-06-2011 12:09, Andreas Oberritter escreveu: On 06/21/2011 04:35 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em 21-06-2011

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-22 Thread Andreas Oberritter
On 06/22/2011 02:55 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em 22-06-2011 09:30, Andreas Oberritter escreveu: On 06/22/2011 02:17 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em 21-06-2011 14:38, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/21 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 21-06-2011 12:09, Andreas Oberritter escreveu:

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-22 Thread Andreas Oberritter
On 06/22/2011 03:03 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em 22-06-2011 09:37, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/22 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 21-06-2011 14:38, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/21 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 21-06-2011 12:09, Andreas Oberritter escreveu: On 06/21/2011

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-22 Thread HoP
2011/6/22 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 22-06-2011 09:30, Andreas Oberritter escreveu: On 06/22/2011 02:17 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em 21-06-2011 14:38, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/21 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 21-06-2011 12:09, Andreas Oberritter escreveu:

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-22 Thread Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Em 22-06-2011 10:13, Andreas Oberritter escreveu: On 06/22/2011 03:03 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em 22-06-2011 09:37, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/22 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 21-06-2011 14:38, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/21 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 21-06-2011

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-22 Thread HoP
2011/6/22 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 22-06-2011 10:13, Andreas Oberritter escreveu: On 06/22/2011 03:03 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em 22-06-2011 09:37, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/22 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 21-06-2011 14:38, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/21 Mauro

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-22 Thread Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Em 22-06-2011 11:03, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/22 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 22-06-2011 10:13, Andreas Oberritter escreveu: On 06/22/2011 03:03 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em 22-06-2011 09:37, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/22 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 21-06-2011

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-22 Thread Andreas Oberritter
On 06/22/2011 03:45 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em 22-06-2011 10:13, Andreas Oberritter escreveu: On 06/22/2011 03:03 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em 22-06-2011 09:37, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/22 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 21-06-2011 14:38, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/21

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-22 Thread Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Em 22-06-2011 11:24, Andreas Oberritter escreveu: On 06/22/2011 03:45 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em 22-06-2011 10:13, Andreas Oberritter escreveu: On 06/22/2011 03:03 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em 22-06-2011 09:37, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/22 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com:

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-22 Thread Steven Toth
This is not a political issue. It is a licensing issue. If you want to use someone's else code, you need to accept the licensing terms that the developers are giving you, by either paying the price for the code usage (on closed source licensing models), or by accepting the license when

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-22 Thread Michael Krufky
On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 8:10 PM, HoP jpetr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, get inspired by (unfortunately close-source) solution on stb Dreambox 800 I have made my own implementation of virtual DVB device, based on the same device API. In conjunction with Dreamtuner userland project

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-22 Thread Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Em 22-06-2011 16:18, Rémi Denis-Courmont escreveu: Le mercredi 22 juin 2011 15:17:27 Mauro Carvalho Chehab, vous avez écrit : My very little opinion is that waving GPL is way to the hell. Nobody told me why similar technologies, in different kernel parts are acceptable, but not here. If you

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-21 Thread Andreas Oberritter
On 06/21/2011 03:35 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em 20-06-2011 18:31, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/20 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 20-06-2011 17:24, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/20 Devin Heitmueller dheitmuel...@kernellabs.com: On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:56 PM, HoP jpetr...@gmail.com

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-21 Thread HoP
2011/6/21 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 20-06-2011 18:31, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/20 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 20-06-2011 17:24, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/20 Devin Heitmueller dheitmuel...@kernellabs.com: On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:56 PM, HoP jpetr...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-21 Thread Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Em 21-06-2011 08:04, Andreas Oberritter escreveu: On 06/21/2011 03:35 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em 20-06-2011 18:31, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/20 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 20-06-2011 17:24, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/20 Devin Heitmueller dheitmuel...@kernellabs.com: On Mon,

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-21 Thread Andreas Oberritter
On 06/21/2011 02:05 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em 21-06-2011 08:04, Andreas Oberritter escreveu: On 06/21/2011 03:35 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em 20-06-2011 18:31, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/20 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 20-06-2011 17:24, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/20

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-21 Thread HoP
2011/6/21 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 21-06-2011 08:04, Andreas Oberritter escreveu: On 06/21/2011 03:35 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em 20-06-2011 18:31, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/20 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 20-06-2011 17:24, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/20 Devin

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-21 Thread Issa Gorissen
I hope this driver will be included if it can be useful for some and if it follows the GPL rules. But really, +1 to Sebastien's comment - this project is a frustrating one it seems. And at the point where I am, I would rather pay for a working driver for a S2 + CI card, instead of trying to debug

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-21 Thread Devin Heitmueller
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:04 AM, Andreas Oberritter o...@linuxtv.org wrote: Mauro and Devin, I think you're missing the point. This is not about creating drivers in userspace. This is not about open or closed source. The vtuner interface, as implemented for the Dreambox, is used to access

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-21 Thread Andreas Oberritter
On 06/21/2011 03:44 PM, Devin Heitmueller wrote: On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:04 AM, Andreas Oberritter o...@linuxtv.org wrote: Mauro and Devin, I think you're missing the point. This is not about creating drivers in userspace. This is not about open or closed source. The vtuner interface, as

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-21 Thread Devin Heitmueller
2011/6/21 Andreas Oberritter o...@linuxtv.org: Yes, and you did lie to your vendor, too, as you did not mention the possibilities to create I don't know if this is a language barrier issue, but calling someone a liar (let alone in an open forum) is a pretty offensive thing to do. In fact, such

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-21 Thread Bjørn Mork
Devin Heitmueller dheitmuel...@kernellabs.com writes: The introduction of this patch makes it trivial for a third party to provide closed-source userland support for tuners while reusing all the existing GPL driver code that makes up the framework. Wouldn't it be just as trivial to bundle the

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-21 Thread Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Em 21-06-2011 10:44, Devin Heitmueller escreveu: Mauro, ultimately it is your decision as the maintainer which drivers get accepted in to the kernel. I can tell you though that this will be a very bad thing for the driver ecosystem as a whole - it will essentially make it trivial for vendors

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-21 Thread Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Em 21-06-2011 11:56, Bjørn Mork escreveu: Devin Heitmueller dheitmuel...@kernellabs.com writes: The introduction of this patch makes it trivial for a third party to provide closed-source userland support for tuners while reusing all the existing GPL driver code that makes up the framework.

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-21 Thread Andreas Oberritter
On 06/21/2011 04:35 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em 21-06-2011 11:15, Andreas Oberritter escreveu: On 06/21/2011 03:44 PM, Devin Heitmueller wrote: On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:04 AM, Andreas Oberritter o...@linuxtv.org wrote: Mauro and Devin, I think you're missing the point. This is not

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-21 Thread Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Em 21-06-2011 12:09, Andreas Oberritter escreveu: On 06/21/2011 04:35 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em 21-06-2011 11:15, Andreas Oberritter escreveu: On 06/21/2011 03:44 PM, Devin Heitmueller wrote: On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:04 AM, Andreas Oberritter o...@linuxtv.org wrote: Mauro and

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-21 Thread Markus Rechberger
2011/6/21 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 21-06-2011 10:44, Devin Heitmueller escreveu: Mauro, ultimately it is your decision as the maintainer which drivers get accepted in to the kernel.  I can tell you though that this will be a very bad thing for the driver ecosystem as a

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-21 Thread HoP
2011/6/21 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 21-06-2011 12:09, Andreas Oberritter escreveu: On 06/21/2011 04:35 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: Em 21-06-2011 11:15, Andreas Oberritter escreveu: On 06/21/2011 03:44 PM, Devin Heitmueller wrote: On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:04 AM,

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-21 Thread Markus Rechberger
My very little opinion is that waving GPL is way to the hell. Nobody told me why similar technologies, in different kernel parts are acceptable, but not here. since a customer was trying to use this module the only feedback I can give right now is that there are still some fundamental bugs

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-20 Thread Rémi Denis-Courmont
Hello, Le dimanche 19 juin 2011 03:10:15 HoP, vous avez écrit : get inspired by (unfortunately close-source) solution on stb Dreambox 800 I have made my own implementation of virtual DVB device, based on the same device API. Some might argue that CUSE can already do this. Then again,

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-20 Thread Devin Heitmueller
2011/6/20 Rémi Denis-Courmont r...@remlab.net:        Hello, Le dimanche 19 juin 2011 03:10:15 HoP, vous avez écrit : get inspired by (unfortunately close-source) solution on stb Dreambox 800 I have made my own implementation of virtual DVB device, based on the same device API. Some might

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-20 Thread HoP
Hi Devin. 2011/6/20 Devin Heitmueller dheitmuel...@kernellabs.com: 2011/6/20 Rémi Denis-Courmont r...@remlab.net:        Hello, Le dimanche 19 juin 2011 03:10:15 HoP, vous avez écrit : get inspired by (unfortunately close-source) solution on stb Dreambox 800 I have made my own

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-20 Thread Devin Heitmueller
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 2:17 PM, HoP jpetr...@gmail.com wrote: Can you tell me when such disscussion was done? I did a big attempt to check if my work is not reinventing wheels, but I found only some very generic frontend template by Emard em...@softhome.net. See the userspace tuner thread

RE: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-20 Thread COEXSI
-Original Message- From: linux-media-ow...@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-media- ow...@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Devin Heitmueller Sent: lundi 20 juin 2011 20:25 To: HoP Cc: Rémi Denis-Courmont; linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-20 Thread Devin Heitmueller
2011/6/20 Sébastien RAILLARD (COEXSI) s...@coexsi.fr: If I may put my two cents in this discussion regarding the closed source code problem: maybe it could be great to have some closed source drivers making some DVB hardware working better or even allowing more DVB hardware working under

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-20 Thread Rémi Denis-Courmont
Hello again, Le lundi 20 juin 2011 20:41:44 Devin Heitmueller, vous avez écrit : Some might argue that CUSE can already do this. Then again, CUSE would not be able to reuse the kernel DVB core infrastructure: everything would need to be reinvented in userspace. Generally

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-20 Thread HoP
2011/6/20 Devin Heitmueller dheitmuel...@kernellabs.com: 2011/6/20 Sébastien RAILLARD (COEXSI) s...@coexsi.fr: If I may put my two cents in this discussion regarding the closed source code problem: maybe it could be great to have some closed source drivers making some DVB hardware working

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-20 Thread Devin Heitmueller
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:56 PM, HoP jpetr...@gmail.com wrote: Do you think it is really serious enough reason to prevent of having such virtualization driver in the kernel? Let check my situation and tell me how I should continue (TBH, I already thought that driver can be accepted, but my

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-20 Thread HoP
2011/6/20 Devin Heitmueller dheitmuel...@kernellabs.com: On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:56 PM, HoP jpetr...@gmail.com wrote: Do you think it is really serious enough reason to prevent of having such virtualization driver in the kernel? Let check my situation and tell me how I should continue (TBH,

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-20 Thread Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Em 20-06-2011 17:24, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/20 Devin Heitmueller dheitmuel...@kernellabs.com: On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:56 PM, HoP jpetr...@gmail.com wrote: Do you think it is really serious enough reason to prevent of having such virtualization driver in the kernel? Let check my situation and

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-20 Thread HoP
2011/6/20 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 20-06-2011 17:24, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/20 Devin Heitmueller dheitmuel...@kernellabs.com: On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:56 PM, HoP jpetr...@gmail.com wrote: Do you think it is really serious enough reason to prevent of having such

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-20 Thread Bjørn Mork
Devin Heitmueller dheitmuel...@kernellabs.com writes: Nothing prevents a third-party from writing closed source drivers. What we do *not* think is fair though is that those third parties should be able to take advantage of all the GPL code that makes up the DVB core, and the man-years spent

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-20 Thread Devin Heitmueller
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Bjørn Mork bj...@mork.no wrote: Devin Heitmueller dheitmuel...@kernellabs.com writes: Nothing prevents a third-party from writing closed source drivers. What we do *not* think is fair though is that those third parties should be able to take advantage of all

Re: [RFC] vtunerc - virtual DVB device driver

2011-06-20 Thread Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Em 20-06-2011 18:31, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/20 Mauro Carvalho Chehab mche...@redhat.com: Em 20-06-2011 17:24, HoP escreveu: 2011/6/20 Devin Heitmueller dheitmuel...@kernellabs.com: On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:56 PM, HoP jpetr...@gmail.com wrote: Do you think it is really serious enough reason to