[linux-dvb] [patch] Add support for different tuning algorithms

[Felix Domke]

Manu Abraham wrote:
> Initially we thought it would be best to do it in userspace, but the
> addition of ioctls to the API, made that thought a bit diminished ..
> This is applicable for most of the frontends though ..
Hm, let's ask the other way around:

What is the advantage of doing this in kernelspace?

Can we:
 - guarantee that all frontends behave the same, so we had a real,
device independent, API?
 - define an API which covers all possibilities (input ranges, ...), so
we don't need additional, private IOCTLs?
 - pass results in a good way to the userspace? For example, a blocking
read of a "frontend parameter" structure which returns new found
transponders? Is this flexible enough?

Felix