Hi Alan, On Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:01:25 -0700 Alan Nisota <alannisota@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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). We shouldn't drop support for a device just because the manufacturer doesn't want it to be supported. If it really damages the hardware or violates the warranty, then we can print a warning message clearly stating that the vendor refuses to collaborate, briefly explaining the issues and recommending the user to replace the device to some other from a vendor-friendly at dmesg, but keep allowing they to use it, with some force option for people that wants to take the risk. This is just my 2 cents. Cheers, Mauro -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
