From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.156]:19011 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932553AbZJPOwn (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:52:43 -0400 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id d23so344253fga.1 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:50:55 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:51:07 +0300 From: "Aleksandr V. Piskunov" To: Steven Toth Cc: Donald Bailey , linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Status of CX25821 PCI-E capture driver Message-ID: <20091016145107.GA20509@moon> References: <4AD86B3A.8010704@apple2pl.us> <83bcf6340910160725g579d5d4fm72efd7f599556273@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <83bcf6340910160725g579d5d4fm72efd7f599556273@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:25:53AM -0400, Steven Toth wrote: > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Donald Bailey wrote: > > I recently picked up a 16 port DVR card from China which uses two CX25821 > > chips.  I compiled the staging driver for it and was able to load it > > successfully with kernel 2.6.32-rc2.  But I can't find any /dev devices to > > get at the inputs.  I created a character device with a major/minor of 81/0 > > but am unable to open it. > > We're planning to do some work inside KernelLabs on that particular > driver. We have access to hardware and are looking to stabilize and > improve the overall quality of the driver to a commercial production > grade. I don't have any timescales as this is currently and unfunded > project but you're not alone, the driver does need some major > improvements. Mmm, any links to a reasonably priced CX25821 capture cards?