[linux-dvb] Re: Poll: backport of 2.5 internal API changes?

[Holger Waechtler <holger@convergence.de>]

Jeremy Hall wrote:
> however it does look like it will effect us because if I read this
> correctly, we will need to upgrade to 2.5 in order to use the DVB
> drivers.  

(no, you don't need to upgrade your kernel if you don't want to;)

> I'm not quite that desirous of a crash, filesystem corruption,
> or any of the other features I've discovered over the years hap-hazzardly
> running a kernel.  I desire to run the DVB drivers in 2.4.x.  If a bug is
> found and squashed, I would hope it would get fixed in the head branch if
> applicable.

the driver API has changed, one example: DvbDmxSWFilterPackets() is now 
dvb_dmx_swfilter_packets(), exported symbols all have a dvb_XXX prefix 
and so on.

So if you want to port a driver (either from NEWSTRUCT, the old API or 
the dbox2 for example) you might have to search'n'replace those calls 
into the DVB core API that have changed.

Again: userspace programs are not affected. Nobody is forced to upgrade 
to kernel 2.5 if he does not wants to do so.

Holger



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