linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] vtunerc: virtual DVB device - is it ok to NACK driver because of worrying about possible misusage?

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Message-ID: <4EDF9AB8.3050602@linuxtv.org>
Date:	Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:56:24 +0100
From:	Andreas Oberritter <obi@...uxtv.org>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
CC:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>,
	HoP <jpetrous@...il.com>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] vtunerc: virtual DVB device - is it ok to NACK driver because
 of worrying about possible misusage?

On 07.12.2011 17:10, Mark Brown wrote:
> a simple loopback in the style of FUSE which
> bounces the kernel APIs up to userspace for virtual drivers would make
> sense.

That's exactly what vtunerc is.
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