[vlc-devel] [PATCH] Put Decklink SDK headers v9.7.7 in the repo

Rafaël Carré funman at videolan.org
Thu Oct 24 14:19:05 CEST 2013


Le 24/10/2013 13:12, Jean-Paul Saman a écrit :
> On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Rafaël Carré <funman at videolan.org> wrote:
> 
>> Le 24/10/2013 10:25, Steinar H. Gunderson a écrit :
>>> On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 06:40:43PM +0200, Rafaël Carré wrote:
>>>> Unconditionally build Decklink modules on Linux
>>>
>>> What if you want to build against a different version than 9.7.7?
>>> I don't think there's any guarantee about ABI compatibility here.
>>
>> Hm good question, I do not know the relation between headers and library
>> versions.
>>
> 
> You cannot mix SDK version. A module built against 9.7.7 does not work with
> a library and kernel module for 9.7.1.

Alright, but the reverse works, afaik : recent lib/module against old
headers.

>> We could build with v7.1 instead (the oldest version I see in the v9.7.7
>> SDK).
>>
>> Do we lose any features present in the 9.7.7 library?
>>
> 
> Yes, there are quite some differences between the libraries. Even the API's
> change including sometimes the GUUIDs.

Where can we see the exact changes so we determine a miminal version to
support?

> Kind regards,
> 
> Jean-Paul Saman.
> 
> 
>>
>>> /* Steinar */



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