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Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 10:49:39 +0100
From: Tomas Szepe <szepe@pinerecords.com>
To: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@mindspring.com>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
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Subject: Re: a really annoying feature of the config menu structure
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> [rpjday@mindspring.com]
> 
> > > It seems that the mjpeg stuff will be in the wrong place when it starts 
> > > being used by non-DVB modules.  I see the two (DVB and mjpeg) as 
> > > distinct entities - like ethernet drivers and ipv4.  (DVB drivers should 
> > > let you change channels and whatnot, mjpeg drivers should allow you to 
> > > decode data streams from any available source.)
> > 
> > Its more by API than by hardware. One driver sometimes covers cards with
> > and without tuners, with and without mpeg hardware and so on. Classification
> > is nice, but like biology its never neat
> 
> true enough -- there's no perfect solution, but i'm convinced that
> it can certainly be much more intuitive and organized that it is now.

Please wait until Roman Zippel pushes the "menuconfig" grammar extension.

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Tomas Szepe <szepe@pinerecords.com>
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