Re: SAA716x DVB driver

["Tycho Lürsen" <tycholursen@gmail.com>]

Hi Jemma,


Op 19-01-18 om 16:11 schreef Jemma Denson:
> Hi Tycho,
>
> On 19/01/18 13:59, Tycho Lürsen wrote:
>> Hi Jemma,
>>
>> I'm with you: let's get merged at least something!
>>
>> Did you find  a maintainer for this driver?
>> I can do simple stuff like in my fork of Soeren Moch's repo, but thats
>> where it ends. I dont have the knowledge needed to maintain a driver.
> Not yet, but I can't really say I've been looking - unfortunately real
> life got in the way of anything over christmas. I'm not sure I do
> either, but it really depends on what's required. From what I can see
> from maintaining another driver then as long as the driver is working
> there's not a whole lot to do.
Right, but we still need a maintainer. Are you capable/willing to 
volunteer for the job?
>
>> I think that your proposal to use a stripped version of Luis Alves
>> repo is a no go, since it contains a couple of demod/tuner drivers
>> that are not upstreamed yet. That complicates the upstreaming process
>> too much, I think.
> Oh, I would have stripped it *right* down and removed every card except
> my TBS6280. The end result would probably be pretty close to Soeren's at
> that point anyway, so I was starting to think like what you've done and
> base it on that instead.
If you want, I can strip the driver down a lot more and ad back the 
drivers you need. Just tell me what it is you need.
>
>> I used a stripped version of Soeren Moch's repo to prove its stability
>> instead, adding the drivers I need so I can test it. You can see what
>> I did at :
>> https://github.com/bas-t/linux-saa716x/commits/for-media-stripped
>>
>> This has been tested with linux 4.9.77, 4.14.14 and 4.15-rc8.
>> Works like a charm for me.
>>
> Looks like a good start, I'd be tempted to remove all the other cards
> though unless you have them available to test with. Keeps the submission
> simpler and less to worry about, they can be added back in later if
> someone has an itch to scratch (and hardware to test with!).
Isn't that a bit drastic?
I mean: those few drivers have been there for ages, and I can't recall 
anyone complaining about them in a serious way.
>
> I do have a few other tbs 716x cards available here at work so might be
> able to test some others out, but we're a bit busy at the moment so
> would have to be on my own time and there's not much of that available
> at the moment either :(
As I said: give me the numbers of your tbs cards and I will add support 
for them (if they are supported by Luis Alves repo).
That way you are able to test the stability of the saa716x driver in 
it's present state.
>
>
> Jemma.
Tycho.