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).
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