Steve, Is there anything that can be done now to progress the dev of this driver and the facilities of this card? I remember clearly the disagreements that occured, and it was hugely depressing. What would be needed now to encorage development?
Ian On 15/01/2008, Steven Toth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hans Werner wrote: > > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > >> Datum: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:18:11 +0300 > >> Von: Igor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> An: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org > >> Betreff: Re: [linux-dvb] HVR-4000 > > > >>> b)explain how and when all the pieces of DVB-S2-relevant code will be > >> merged into the kernel and dvb-apps. > >> > >> ahh, I think nobody knows the answer on this question. > >> > >> Igor > >> > >> > > > > I have read the previous correspondence on this issue. There is > considerable working code so I would like to hear from the > > maintainer(s) where we go from here. It's 2008 already. > > You might want to cc the maintainer if you expect a response. :) > > The driver was written during 2006 and for various technical reasons > could not be fully merged into the kernel. This lead to a major conflict > between kernel developers. As a result of a major disagreement I took > down my development trees and instructed Mauro not to merge my code with > my agreement. > > A few trusted members of the community have taken the previously public > tree and patched it and made it available for download, which is well > within the license agreement. > > The HVR4000 driver isn't going anywhere soon, it isn't going to be > official merged anytime soon. I made myself clear a few months ago > during the heated multiproto debate. > > That's where we stand today. > > - Steve > > _______________________________________________ > linux-dvb mailing list > linux-dvb@linuxtv.org > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb >
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