[linux-dvb] Re: 1.0.2 Release?

[Oliver Endriss <o.endriss@gmx.de>]

On Thursday 15 January 2004 14:24, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
> Niklas Peinecke wrote:
> > 
> > ...
> > I agree with Holger. Of course it's better to have a release suitable
> > for 2.6, but it will take some more time until 2.6 kernels are really
> > common: Most people have working vdr-boxes based on existing 2.4 kernels
> > and they just like to use some e-bayed cheap skystar2 as a third card.
> > I'm sure they won't like to upgrade their kernels for that. It will also
> > take some time until 2.6 is established in dists like LinVDR, thus we
> > need a release as a bridge until then.
> 
> I haven't used dvb-kernel yet and also have no 2.6 machine, but
> just wanted to drop in my 2 cents: IIRC there was a discussion
> a while ago about dvb-kernel being considerably slower in channel
> switching than the DVB driver (presumably because of different
> I2C handling). Is this still the case (or was it never the case)?
> 
> If dvb-kernel switches channels slower than DVB, I guess this would be
> a "no-go" criteria for many people.

I fixed this some time ago. There shouldn't be any difference anymore.
For stv0299-based frontends speed is at least as good as with the DVB
branch. I don't know whether other frontend drivers need some minor tuning.

Oliver


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