[linux-dvb] Re: Couple of frontend questions

[Andrew de Quincey <adq_dvb@lidskialf.net>]

On Wednesday 25 February 2004 14:59, Johannes Stezenbach wrote:
> Johannes Stezenbach wrote:
> > Andrew de Quincey wrote:
> > > Why is there an FE_RESET ioctl immediately after the FE_SET_FRONTEND in
> > > dvb_frontend_recover.. surely the frontend code itself should take care
> > > of performing a reset if it needs to?
> >
> > FE_RESET does not reset the frontend, it just restarts the
> > signal acquisiton algorithms in the demodulator (not all demods
> > need you to do that manually). It should be renamed.
>
> Well, that's what I thought, but Holger explained to me that
> it does something different (see his mail).
>
> It seems the FE_CAN_RECOVER and FE_CAN_CLEAN_SETUP should be dropped,
> and some FE_NEEDS_A_KICK_IN_THE_ASS_TO_RECOVER and
> FE_HANGS_IF_WE_DO_NOT_TWIDDLE_SOME_BITS_AFTER_IT_REPORTS_SIGNAL_LOCK
> flags should be introduced. Very few frontends actually need these
> workarounds.

Right, I'll think up some better names for those and change them. I'll sort 
the name of FE_RESET out while I'm at it as well.

BTW: new dvb_frontend.c abnd stv0299.c in CVS. Lemme know what you think.


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