From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from znsun1.ifh.de ([141.34.1.16]:45683 "EHLO znsun1.ifh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752319AbZETIxJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 May 2009 04:53:09 -0400 Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 10:52:59 +0200 (CEST) From: Patrick Boettcher To: Alan Nisota cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove support for Genpix-CW3K (damages hardware) In-Reply-To: <49D2338C.7040703@gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <49D2338C.7040703@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Alan, On Tue, 31 Mar 2009, Alan Nisota wrote: > I have been informed by the manufacturer that the patch currently in the v4l > tree to support the Genpix-CW3K version of the hardware will actually damage > the firmware on recent units. As he seems to not want this hardware > supported in Linux, and I do not know how to detect the difference between > affected and not-affected units, I am requesting the immediate removal of > support for this device. This patch removes a portion of the changeset > dce7e08ed2b1 applied 2007-08-18 relating to this specific device. > > Signed off by: Alan Nisota Finally I found the time to work on your patch. I adapted it to not remove the code, but to put it under comments and #if 0's . Like that we protect "normal" users and advanced users need to do some efforts before getting in danger. I hope it is OK with you. regards, Patrick. -- Mail: patrick.boettcher@desy.de WWW: http://www.wi-bw.tfh-wildau.de/~pboettch/