On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Michael Ira Krufky <mkrufky@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab
> <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi Devin,
>>
>> Em Thu, 30 Oct 2014 09:15:31 -0400
>> Devin Heitmueller <dheitmueller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu:
>>
>>> Hi Mauro,
>>>
>>> > Syncronize it and put them on the same order as found at au0828
>>> > driver, as all the au0828 devices with analog TV need the
>>> > same quirks.
>>>
>>> The MXL and Woodbury boards don't support analog under Linux, so
>>> probably shouldn't be included in the list of quirks.
>>
>> True.
>>>
>>> That said, the MXL and Woodbury versions of the PCBs were prototypes
>>> that never made it into production (and since the Auvitek chips are
>>> EOL, they never will). I wouldn't object to a patch which removed the
>>> board profiles entirely in the interest of removing dead code.
>>>
>>> It was certainly nice of Mike Krufky to work to get support into the
>>> open source driver before the product was released, but after four
>>> years it probably makes sense to remove the entries for products that
>>> never actually shipped.
>>
>> Yeah, if nobody is using such devices, then we should get rid of them,
>> but I prefer to have this on a separate patch, in order to give
>> people the opportunity to complain.
>>
>> So, if I'm understanding well, you're suggesting to add a patch
>> removing those 5 entries (and the corresponding quirks on alsa),
>> right?
>>
>> { USB_DEVICE(0x2040, 0x7201),
>> .driver_info = AU0828_BOARD_HAUPPAUGE_HVR950Q_MXL },
>> { USB_DEVICE(0x2040, 0x7211),
>> .driver_info = AU0828_BOARD_HAUPPAUGE_HVR950Q_MXL },
>> { USB_DEVICE(0x2040, 0x7281),
>> .driver_info = AU0828_BOARD_HAUPPAUGE_HVR950Q_MXL },
>> { USB_DEVICE(0x05e1, 0x0480),
>> .driver_info = AU0828_BOARD_HAUPPAUGE_WOODBURY },
>> { USB_DEVICE(0x2040, 0x8200),
>> .driver_info = AU0828_BOARD_HAUPPAUGE_WOODBURY },
>> { USB_DEVICE(0x2040, 0x7260),
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mauro
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>
>
> Let's *not* remove DTV support for WOODBURY board -- it is not the
> business of the public whether or not the board shipped in
> mass-production. The board profile is in fact being used for some
> reference designs, and I still use my woodbury prototype to test the
> MXL tuner.
>
> I am not the only person using this profile -- no not remove it, please.
correction: I still use both the woodbury prototype (to test the
reference design) *and* the MXL version for testing the mxl tuner.
There is no reason to remove these profiles, the USB IDs will not be recycled
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