Re: RFCv2: Media controller proposal

From: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
To: Andy Walls <awalls@radix.net>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>,
	linux-media@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RFCv2: Media controller proposal
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:35:57 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200909170835.57106.hverkuil@xs4all.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1253139323.3158.28.camel@palomino.walls.org>

On Thursday 17 September 2009 00:15:23 Andy Walls wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 23:34 +0200, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> > On Wednesday 16 September 2009 22:50:43 Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > > Em Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:21:16 +0200
> 
> > C) in all other cases you only get it if a kernel config option is on. And since
> > any advanced controls are still exposed in sysfs you can still change those even
> > if the config option was off.
> 
> That is a user interface and support annoyance.  Either decide to have a
> node for a subdevice or don't.  If a distribution wants to supress them,
> udev rules could suffice - right?  Changing udev rules is
> (theoretically) easier than rebuilding the kernel for most end users.

Good point.

	Hans

> 
> Regards,
> Andy
> 
> 
> > What do you think about that? I would certainly like to hear what people think
> > about this.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > 	Hans
> 
> 
> 

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Hans Verkuil - video4linux developer - sponsored by TANDBERG Telecom