Re: [vdr] dvb devices on demand patch

2010-12-05 Thread Georg Acher
On Sun, Dec 05, 2010 at 01:58:42AM +0100, Steffen Barszus wrote: > To make it short I see use cases for it - i just can not manage to do it > myself - so i thought i share my thoughts, by chance someone interested > is reading it. Have a look at the mcli-plugin and the few patches for vdr it ne

Re: [vdr] dvb devices on demand patch

2010-12-04 Thread VDR User
On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Steffen Barszus wrote: >> > a) save some energy - if DVB devices are not opened all the time, >> > the driver has the chance to put it into standby saving some heat, >> > energy and lifetime of the cards >> >> There are a couple cards that consume a lot of power iir

Re: [vdr] dvb devices on demand patch

2010-12-04 Thread VDR User
On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Gerald Dachs wrote: > Am Sat, 4 Dec 2010 10:09:42 -0800 > schrieb VDR User : > >> > b) have a beginning of dvb device hotplug - if dvb devices are >> > discovered on demand, its a good chance at a later stage to also add >> > and remove cards on the fly. There is s

Re: [vdr] dvb devices on demand patch

2010-12-04 Thread Steffen Barszus
On Sat, 4 Dec 2010 10:09:42 -0800 VDR User wrote: > On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 4:24 AM, Steffen Barszus > wrote: > > a) save some energy - if DVB devices are not opened all the time, > > the driver has the chance to put it into standby saving some heat, > > energy and lifetime of the cards > > Ther

Re: [vdr] dvb devices on demand patch

2010-12-04 Thread Gerald Dachs
Am Sat, 4 Dec 2010 10:09:42 -0800 schrieb VDR User : > > b) have a beginning of dvb device hotplug - if dvb devices are > > discovered on demand, its a good chance at a later stage to also add > > and remove cards on the fly. There is sure some notification > > required from udev to vdr so it can

Re: [vdr] dvb devices on demand patch

2010-12-04 Thread Tony Houghton
On 04/12/10 18:09, VDR User wrote: On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 4:24 AM, Steffen Barszus wrote: b) have a beginning of dvb device hotplug - if dvb devices are discovered on demand, its a good chance at a later stage to also add and remove cards on the fly. There is sure some notification required fr

Re: [vdr] dvb devices on demand patch

2010-12-04 Thread VDR User
On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 4:24 AM, Steffen Barszus wrote: > a) save some energy - if DVB devices are not opened all the time, the > driver has the chance to put it into standby saving some heat, energy > and lifetime of the cards There are a couple cards that consume a lot of power iirc so this coul

[vdr] dvb devices on demand patch

2010-12-04 Thread Steffen Barszus
Hi ! i just read up again on this: http://www.mail-archive.com/vdr@linuxtv.org/msg13224.html Actually i think this would be also a good starting for a) save some energy - if DVB devices are not opened all the time, the driver has the chance to put it into standby saving some heat, energy and li