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: <4EDF9B48.1080808@linuxtv.org>
Date:	Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:58:48 +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:
> You're talking about a purely software defined thing that goes in the
> kernel - it pretty much has to be able to scale to other applications
> even if some of the implementation is left for later.  Once things like
> this get included in the kernel they become part of the ABI and having
> multiple specific things ends up being a recipie for confusion as users
> have to work out which of the options is most appropriate for their
> application.

And to repeat myself once more: No networking is to be perfomed by the
kernel in vtunerc.
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