Re: [PATCH] [media] em28xx: support for Sundtek MediaTV Digital Home

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Hi Markus,

Markus Rechberger <mrechberger@xxxxxxxxx> schrieb am Fri, 05. May 08:06:
> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 6:21 AM, Thomas Hollstegge
> <thomas.hollstegge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Sundtek MediaTV Digital Home is a rebranded MaxMedia UB425-TC with the
> > following components:
> >
> > USB bridge: Empia EM2874B
> > Demodulator: Micronas DRX 3913KA2
> > Tuner: NXP TDA18271HDC2
> >
> 
> Not that it matters a lot anymore for those units however the USB ID
> is allocated for multiple different units, this patch will break some
> of them.

I searched the kernel sources for USB IDs but didn't find any mention.
So what exactly will break with this commit? Is there a better way to
detect different devices besides USB IDs?

> If you want to use that use the unit with this driver you're on your
> own and have to assign it via sysfs and usb/bind.

I did, and it works fine. However, it would be nice if the driver
supported the devices directly.

> It was a joint project many years ago before we also started to design
> and manufacture our own units.

Interesting, thanks for sharing this insight!

Cheers
Thomas



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