On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 11:44 PM, Thomas Hollstegge <thomas.hollstegge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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? > We had different HW designs based on Empia until 2012 using this USB ID it will not work with many units out there, also with different standby behaviours, chipsets etc. If you want to get a device with kernel support I recommend buying a different one and let that one go back to our community (since our tuners and support are still quite popular). >> 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
