> The following would fix the problem:
> - The VBI app tells the driver that it can handle the "restart" return 
> code. The high bits of the integer passed to STREAMON can be used for 
> this, the drivers would only need a minor change, or a new IOCTL can be 
> created (or S_PARAM can be used, whatever fits best).

It might be just a minor change to the API, but it is *not* a minor
change for the drivers.  It loads a lot of complex state handling to
the driver (you'll basically doing IPC throuth the v4l driver), I
don't think that this is a good idea.

  Gerd

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        -- Linus "the Grinch" Torvalds,  24 Dec 2000 on linux-kernel



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