Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:22:21 -0400 | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.9-ac3 |
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Luca Risolia wrote: > On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 10:54:25 -0400 > Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> wrote: > > >>Luca Risolia wrote: >> >>>>o Restore PWC driver (Luc Saillard) >>> >>> >>>This driver does decompression in kernel space, which is not >>>allowed. That part has to be removed from the driver before >>>asking for the inclusion in the mainline kernel. >> >>What do you mean by "not allowed?" > > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-video&m=108627734619978&w=2 > > Also note how Alan Cox seems not to be actually coherent with his > previous opinions.
If you're a Republican he's "wishy-washy", if you're a Democrat he's "flexible and adaptable to changing conditions." If you're not a US resident you're confused by the previous sentence, please ignore it's an in-joke (or tragedy). > > Clearly it would nice if it were in > >>user space, but it would have to be in EVERY user application to be >>useful. We have compression in kernel for ppp, and there's only one >>significant use for that, requiring that every application support every >>vendor hardware makes it a non-scalable NxM problem. > > > Hmm..What about a common library finally?
That sounds like the eventual solution. A vendor to common format conversion library, and with luck someone will be clever and let the driver select it in a nice acceptable way. Thought: after open an ioctl to tell you which conversion to use? The optimal mechanics are inobvious, but I think the library is the right idea.
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