On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:46:14 +0100 Simon Kenyon <simon@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > i have not seen anything which would suggest that this is going into > the kernel anytime soon. i don't know who is "right" but there appear > to be serious differences of opinion between the developers as to how > to proceed. > > which is a real pity. That's the problem. While the developers discuss these things, the users are waiting forever. And i think that if Linux really wants to support well most of the devices, something should be done. Otherwise it doesn't make sense the driver development because when it finally is done, the device is obsolete and nobody will be using it. So driver development should always be as fast as possible, because the market (and users) won't wait for Linux developers to code the driver. I know, I know, it has been done with the good will of some programmers, without help of manufacturers, but we should ask: so why programmers are doing this? What's the objective? If it was not by Markus' effort, I couldn't use my Xceive based board, so I support his initiative. And as far as I know, he's the only programmer working on this specific tuner. To sum up: there's no time to waste. Linux needs more code and less discussion. -- Linux 2.6.22: Holy Dancing Manatees, Batman! http://www.lastfm.pt/user/danielfraga http://u-br.net _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
