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SubjectRe: Merging DRM and fbdev


On Sun, 3 Oct 2004, Jon Smirl wrote:

> How is the tuner controlled? Is it a V4L insterface?

No, the tuner is controlled via Xserver Xv extension. No V4L interface is
provided for tuner control.

best

Vladimir Dergachev

>
>
> On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 12:59:38 -0400 (EDT), Vladimir Dergachev
> <volodya@mindspring.com> wrote:
>> Jon, this is a common misconception - GATOS km module *does* provide a v4l
>> interface.
>>
>> What is different is that the device configuration (like setting the tuner
>> or encoding) is done by Xserver.
>>
>> All km does is check whether the card can supply a v4l stream and, if so,
>> it provides it. This is little different from a webcam driver, especially
>> if a webcam has its own on/off switch.
>>
>> The misconception arises from the fact that many v4l programs were only
>> made to work with bt848 cards - they would *not* work with webcams any
>> more than they would work with km.
>>
>> best
>>
>> Vladimir Dergachev
>>
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