From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-ew0-f165.google.com ([209.85.219.165]:39570 "EHLO mail-ew0-f165.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750927AbZDAUEA (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Apr 2009 16:04:00 -0400 Received: by ewy9 with SMTP id 9so231700ewy.37 for ; Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:03:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49D3C815.6000004@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:01:25 -0700 From: Alan Nisota MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Patrick Boettcher CC: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove support for Genpix-CW3K (damages hardware) References: <49D2338C.7040703@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Patrick Boettcher wrote: > Hi Alan, > > Don't you think it is enough to put a Kconfig option to activate the > USB-IDs (by default: off) rather than throwing everything away? > We could, but honestly, there are likely few people using this device who don't have to patch their kernel anyway, and it is a trivial patch to apply. There have been 4 incarnations of the CW3K as the manufacturer has tried to actively make it not work in Linux (and users have found ways around that for each subsequent revision). When I created the patch, I was not aware that the developer would take this stance. Only the 1st batch of devices works with the existing code, and I'm not aware of any way to detect the device version. Given the manufacturer's stance and the potential to unknowingly damage the device (I've been informed that the manufacturer has stated that use of the Linux drivers with the CW3K will void any manufacturer's warranty), I would rather remove support for this piece of hardware outright. I believe the manufacturer still supports the 8PSK->USB and Skywalker1 versions of the hardware on Linux (plus a new Skywalker2 which requires a kernel patch to enable).