[mythtv] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: pvr-350 performance patch - simplified

[David Engel]

On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 01:43:48PM -0500, Isaac Richards wrote:
> On Friday 04 February 2005 12:34 pm, David Engel wrote:
> > If any ioctl interfces actually changed (as opposed to new one's being
> > added), it's a bug in the driver.  I don't know of any such cases.  If
> > they had, using Myth compiled for 0.1.9 would have broken when using a
> > 0.2.0 driver.
> 
> There _is_ a ioctl compatability layer in the driver.  See starting at line 
> 1480 in ivtv-ioctl.c in 0.2.0-rc3f.

Sigh!  When are they going to quit changing the ioctl numbers?  This
is the second time now.  I understand the need, but this makes it much
harder than it has to be to write applications that are compatible
with older drivers.

David
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David Engel
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