Martin Drab wrote: > On Wed, 19 Dec 2007, Manu Abraham wrote: > >> Martin Drab wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> what is the current state of the Linux driver for SAA7162? Has there been >>> any progress so far? Is there somewhere at least something to test or >>> build on? >> Nothing to build yet, the current status was "stalled" due to the driver freezing >> the machine a while back, which required help from NXP and NXP was not ready >> for any sort of help due to the DRM involved, as far as i can guess. (Eventhough >> some sort of preliminary specs were provided under NDA, which were not sufficient >> in any manner) >> >> But recently as of some days back, we have had good discussions and proceeded >> quite a lot further in this aspect. Eventually changes are much expected in this front, >> a while later. stay tuned.. But don't expect anything immediately. > > Right. But I would say that it is rather a good news. :-) At least there > is some hope. I know, developing driver for something for which there is > only scarce or incomplete documentation is not easy. So it's good to hear, > that there actually is something going on. ...Staying tuned. Just let me > know when there would be something, I wouldn't say "useable", but at least > for some pre-alpha testing or perhaps to try adapting for specific > hardware, or anything. > Will keep any updates posted on this list, just keep your eyes open. Regards, Manu _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
