From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from smtpi2.ngi.it ([88.149.128.21]:57254 "EHLO smtpi2.ngi.it" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753322AbZAMUna (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:43:30 -0500 Message-ID: <496CFCE5.1020907@robertoragusa.it> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:43:17 +0100 From: Roberto Ragusa MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Detlef Rohde CC: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org, Manu Abraham , linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] MC44S803 frontend (it works, please merge) References: <4936FF66.3020109@robertoragusa.it> <494C0002.1060204@scram.de> <49623372.90403@robertoragusa.it> <4965327A.5000605@t-online.de> <496CD4C8.50004@t-online.de> In-Reply-To: <496CD4C8.50004@t-online.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Detlef Rohde wrote: > Hi again, > I wonder if there is any progress including/merging the frontend-driver > MC44S803 i.o. to get my Cinergy T USB XE running under Linux? Currently > I can use it on a WXP-VM, but I guess it's not the best solution making > this detour.. I'm even more impatient than you. Why is it so difficult to merge a little and isolated piece of code which has been reported as both working and useful? I don't know how many trees this code has to be propagated through, but I'm afraid it will be a long time before I see support for this hardware in a stock Fedora kernel. Maybe the hardware could be considered obsolete by then. Isn't one of the expected advantages of the free software + public mailing lists + user testing + git repositories model to have a fast pace of development? Waiting and hoping. -- Roberto Ragusa mail at robertoragusa.it