Andrew de Quincey wrote: > > Out of interest, if a CI module has two slots, and you're using read()/write() > to communicate, how do you know which slot to talk to? > > The ca.h in the linuxtv dvb-kernel implies that there is ONE ca device for > each CI module, and you select the slot you want when you send the IOCTLS.... > whereas if you're using read/write it would be more natural to create a > seperate ca devive for each slot..?
The API isn't clearly defined, but each write() takes / read() delivers: - 1 byte slot number - 1 byte transport connection id - and one complete TPDU IMHO the ioctl() API is cleaner, but the av7110 driver implemented read() write() instead, and thus this is used by VDR and the Metzler's libdvbci. Johannes -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
