[pvrusb2] New driver snapshot: pvrusb2-mci-20051113

[Mike Isely]

I just now noticed that I had forgotten to install pvrusb2-download.html 
onto the web site.  That's a new generated page which lists all the 
downloadable snapshots.  It's fixed now.  Sorry about that.

   -Mike


On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Mike Isely wrote:

>
> This snapshot is the result of more rework to fit into V4L.  No functional 
> changes here; just more rearranging of the deck chairs...
>
> Actually, that's not *quite* true.  There are two saa7115 "glue" modules now. 
> The snapshot is set up to compile the old one (which is now in 
> pvrusb2-video-old.c), however the new saa7115.ko in V4L has a completely 
> different API and that required a rewrite.  So pvrusb2-video.c has the new 
> version of that glue layer, but don't worry about that yet.  As I said, the 
> build still uses the old ivtv-provided version.
>
> As of this snapshot, there's a new Perl program in the utils area which 
> automates the snapshot process.  With V4L in the picture things got too 
> complex to keep doing this manually.  I doubt anyone else is going to care 
> about that script (and it is barely documented right now).
>
> Please let me know if anyone sees any breakage here.
>
> FYI, this snapshot still maintains all backwards compatibility.
>
>  -Mike
>
>
>

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