From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:50230 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752408AbZEERH4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 May 2009 13:07:56 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1M1O7X-0002o4-5f for linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 05 May 2009 17:07:55 +0000 Received: from alltalk.demon.co.uk ([80.177.3.49]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 05 May 2009 17:07:55 +0000 Received: from drbob by alltalk.demon.co.uk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 05 May 2009 17:07:55 +0000 To: linux-media@vger.kernel.org From: drbob Subject: Re: EC168 "dvb_usb: Unknown symbol release_firmware" Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 17:07:43 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <4A001955.5050201@iki.fi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 05 May 2009 15:41:58 +0000, drbob wrote: > On Tue, 05 May 2009 13:47:49 +0300, Antti Palosaari wrote: > > >> I haven't opened my stick but looked your pictures. I have never seen >> so bad soldering quality :o > > Yeah it's pretty bad. I was pretty surprised it works at all when I saw > it as in several places component terminals or chip pins appear to be > bridged. > > >> Driver development is a little bit freeze currently due to lack of >> EC168 specs. If you can provide specs please contact me! >> >> > No specs here, I'm just an end user, but a translated google search > (english->chinese) for "ec168 dvb" threw up this page: > > > > > I think it's a company in China selling a reference design and tech > support to potential manufacturers, so they probably have the tech docs. > Good luck if you fancy trying to get a response from them. After a little further digging I think the company that orignally designed the ec168 is probably defunct. I found a US address and contact number for the company here: However the phone line has been disconnected. As per the wiki, their web page has also disappeared.