-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Nicolas Mailhot wrote: > Hi, > > I'm sorry if this is a FAQ, but I searched the Wiki and couldn't answer > this question. Right now ivtv is developed separately from the mainline > kernel. Are there any plans (and ETAs) for merging it in mainline ? > > My past experience with out-of-tree drivers have been nothing short of > disastrous. It seems a cool idea at first (isolating changes) but it > always ends up in train wrecks with either the out-of-tree project > fading from relevance (openswan) or years of painful merging (alsa). > This was true in 2.4 and is even more true in 2.6 with its fast change > rate (some of which like latency work directly relevant to HTPC use). > > And in the meanwhile if there is a single problem the out-of-tree > developers accuse mainline of changing things behind their feet, and > mainline developers accuse out-of-tree of not staying in sync with > mainline changes (sync which would have been automatic with a marged > driver). And the end-user who cares little about which fault it is is > left with a broken system. > > So before I invest in hardware that requires ivtv to work, I'd like to > know if a merge is been worked on or if the ivtv team decided not to > bother with merging, and offload code sync problems on users. If a merge > is planned with clear milestones and people working on it I'm ready to > put up with out-of-tree problems for some time. If not I'll just choose > hardware with a merged/being-merged driver. > > I value my time too much to put up with the hassles out-of-tree drivers > cause. > > Regards,
I have been using the ivtv drivers with MythTV for over a year now, and the only glitch I ever had was addressed and fixed in two days by one of the developers. So, regardless of in or out of tree development, I'd say your efforts would not be a waste. Enjoy! - -- Micah F. Galizia [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The mark of an immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one." --W. Stekel -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDZ29SfZqZRvBjAbwRAiwdAKDFc5iQaQ+jC4KB+FWnYW/oTqC0GgCcDSU0 PR5wOITok6tP8LDHv+sweDY= =7gq2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-devel
