Rob Judd <haiqu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What's the preferred directory to publish TV card drivers? I've used
/dev/video for my current project but I notice someone has written
one
to /dev/dvb ... can't do that because the family of TV cards I'm
writing
for are not always digital, some are pure analog.
Alternatives might be /dev/multimedia or /dev/tv/analogue I suppose.
The subdirectory usually dictates not only the function, but also the
interface of the driver. So if you can create a common device interface
for DVB and whatever you are working on (there is a DVB media node that
talks to the driver, but maybe that could be made more generic), it
might make sense to move that driver to another place.
If there is no common standard for those devices (and each one requires
its own media node), it might still make sense to put them into one
folder. I think /dev/video would be a good candidate for this, as it's
generic enough while /dev/multimedia is too generic IMO, and /dev/tv
would be too specific already.
If you write a media add-on suitable for analogue TV, you could also
publish (several) drivers under /dev/video/tv/ for this one. In any
case, I think we should move the /dev/dvb/ driver to /dev/video/dvb/.
