Re: [livid-gatos] [RFC] alternative kernel multimedia API

From: volodya@mindspring.com
Date: Fri Oct 26 2001 - 06:58:48 EST


On 26 Oct 2001, Xavier Bestel wrote:

> le ven 26-10-2001 à 01:14, volodya@mindspring.com a écrit :
>
> > > 05,HUE=7\n
> > > 07,some unrelated command
> > > +05\n # The HUE command was successful
> > > :07,reply to unrelated command
> > > :05,HUE=6\n # Driver reported the HUE parameter as
>
> I would prefer a proc-like interface to devices, e.g.:
>
> /dev/video0/hue
> /dev/video0/saturation
> ...
>
> more unix-like, no parsing involved.

This would be a problem as an application would need to open many files in
order to operate such interface. Additionally, you underestimate the
number of files needed. We'll need hue_range, hue_label, hue_comment and
something else..

Parsing is not that hard I believe.

                        Vladimir Dergachev

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