From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl ([194.109.24.27]:2243 "EHLO smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751086AbaAHPQH (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Jan 2014 10:16:07 -0500 Message-ID: <52CD6BAA.8070103@xs4all.nl> Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2014 16:15:54 +0100 From: Hans Verkuil MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alexey Klimov CC: Linux Media Subject: Re: [REVIEW PATCH 0/4] add radio-raremono driver References: <1386937609-11581-1-git-send-email-hverkuil@xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Alexey, On 01/08/2014 03:51 PM, Alexey Klimov wrote: > On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Hans Verkuil wrote: >> This patch series adds the new radio-raremono driver for the USB >> 'Thanko's Raremono' AM/FM/SW receiver. >> >> Since it (ab)uses the same USB IDs as the si470x SiLabs Reference >> Design I had to add additional checks to si470x to tell the two apart. >> >> While editing si470x I noticed that it passes USB buffers from the stack >> instead of using kmalloc, so I fixed that as well. >> >> I have tested the si470x checks, and the FM and AM receiver of the >> Raremono device have been tested as well. I don't have a SW transmitter, >> nor are there any SW transmitters here in Norway, so I couldn't test it. >> >> All I can say is that it is definitely tuning since the white noise >> changes when I change frequency. I'll try this nexy week in the Netherlands, >> as I think there are still a few SW transmissions there I might receive. >> >> The initial reverse engineering for this driver was done by Dinesh Ram >> as part of his Cisco internship, so many thanks to Dinesh for doing that >> work. > > Hi Hans, > > this is very nice radio and driver. But where did you buy/get this device? > Could you please share a link? > > Year ago i tried to find place on internet to buy this device but failed. > I ordered it here in mid-2012, and it seems they still sell it: http://www.audiocubes.com/product_info.php?products_id=2778 Regards, Hans