Andy Walls wrote: > Those latest changes look for the "dvb-cx18-mpc718-mt352.fw" file to > load and initialize the MT352 DVB-T demodulator chip. > > It has to be done this way to avoid any software license problems. The > information to properly initialize the MT352 is not publicly available, > and we musn't hardcode into the Linux kernel an initialization sequence > extracted from the Windows driver. > > What you have tested previously and have reported as working, *cannot* > be included in the Linux kernel. These latest changes in my cx18-mpc718 > repo *can* be included in the Linux kernel.
you said "we musn't hardcode into the Linux kernel an initialization sequence extracted from the Windows driver" this caught my attention. the kernel probably has other code like that in it. can you explain the reasoning behind that statement? -- simon _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-devel
