[alsa-devel] how to handle bt848 audio driver

[Trent Piepho]

On Fri, 26 Oct 2007, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> Trent Piepho wrote:
> > So, the ALSA driver (snd-bt87x) needs to use functions from the V4L driver
> > (bttv).  As it is now, the two drivers are completely separate and don't share
> > any code and can be loaded individually.
> >
> > The DVB driver in the same tree as bttv, so this isn't a problem.  But the
> > snd-bt87x is in another tree, so it's somewhat harder, and I'm not sure what
> > to do about it.
>
> The part of the ALSA API used by snd-bt87x is apparently more stable
> than the bttv functions to be used, so this seems to be a good
> opportunity to move snd-bt87x into the V4L tree.

What do you say about this Mauro?  From my perspective, it would be much
easier if all the bt848 drivers were in the same tree.