From: Amaury Pouly <amaury.pouly_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 12:03:26 +0100

> Using another thread is probably (maybe) overkill on AMSv2 and i.MX31 and
> RDS isn't exactly a data flood so doing it without a thread from an I2C
> interrupt callback is probably economical. I'm not sure if any AMSv2
> players actually have an int line from the tuner chip though. The latter as
> I recall does have it (it's been awhile).
>
>
> I think the proposed implementation is specific to this hardware.
>>>
>> ...

I think you misunderstood my point, you can implement it differently with
another hardware without any problem. The proposed rds_ interface doen't
imply a particular way of doing things, is it ?

RDS data can be cleared from the tuner driver with better timing control
> (like when to mask it and unmask it for tuning to avoid races), probably
> with less error proneness and more importantly proper operation should not
> depend on being inside a particular UI-- it's akin to key playback features
> only working inside the WPS. Why continue down that path? It's finally
> showing its obvious limitations as far as control from other screens. Just
> add another event callback definition that the UI can register for.
>
> I think that what bertrik proposed is to call it from the driver and not
from the UI. Calling it from the UI would make no sense.
Received on 2011-11-05