On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Devin Heitmueller <dheitmueller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Ad Denissen <ad.denissen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi Markus, >> >> I have a TerraTec Cinergy HTC USB XS HD stick and more than 10 years of >> experience with Linux (drivers). >> >> This USB stick works fine under Windows, but I need it under Linux >> for my MythTV experiments in DVB-C mode. >> >> Can I help you in the cleanup of the Linux driver for this device? >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Ad Denissen > > Hello Ad, > > The TerraTec Cinergy HTC USB XS HD makes use of the Micronas drx-k > demodulator. There is currently no driver at all for this device in > the mainline Linux kernel. As a result, getting the device to work in > the mainline kernel is much more than "cleanup". > > Markus's support for the drx-k uses his closed source product, and > therefore is not eligible for inclusion in the Linux kernel. You may > wish to contact him though if you are interested in a commercial > closed source solution. > You still mistake that the important drivers are not implemented in Kernelspace, because of that there will never be a _requirement_ to merge the chipdrivers in order to get it work. For example DVB-C/T, all control commands are sent to the frontend device node all those commands are intercepted at userlevel while still being compatible with legacy applications like kaffeine or dvbscan. regards, Markus -- 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
