Re: [PATCH 10/75] V4L/DVB: declare MODULE_FIRMWARE for modules using XC2028 and XC3028L tuners

2009-11-09 Thread Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Em Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:02:49 +0100 hermann pitton hermann-pit...@arcor.de escreveu: Am Sonntag, den 08.11.2009, 22:43 -0200 schrieb Mauro Carvalho Chehab: Em Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:32:29 +0100 hermann pitton hermann-pit...@arcor.de escreveu: I agree. An interesting case happens with

Re: [PATCH 10/75] V4L/DVB: declare MODULE_FIRMWARE for modules using XC2028 and XC3028L tuners

2009-11-09 Thread hermann pitton
Hi, Am Montag, den 09.11.2009, 09:37 -0200 schrieb Mauro Carvalho Chehab: Em Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:02:49 +0100 hermann pitton hermann-pit...@arcor.de escreveu: Am Sonntag, den 08.11.2009, 22:43 -0200 schrieb Mauro Carvalho Chehab: Em Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:32:29 +0100 hermann pitton

Re: [PATCH 10/75] V4L/DVB: declare MODULE_FIRMWARE for modules using XC2028 and XC3028L tuners

2009-11-09 Thread hermann pitton
[snip] If there are no known issues with latest, we should ask Philips/NXP if we are allowed to distribute it with the kernel. To make it more clear. OEMs did modify the eeprom content of their devices not following the Philips rules anymore and causing troubles. I would like to know, if

Re: [PATCH 10/75] V4L/DVB: declare MODULE_FIRMWARE for modules using XC2028 and XC3028L tuners

2009-11-08 Thread hermann pitton
Hi, Am Sonntag, den 08.11.2009, 01:20 -0200 schrieb Mauro Carvalho Chehab: Hi Ben, It's not clear to me what this MODULE_FIRMWARE is going to be used for, but if it's for some sort of module dependency system, then it definitely should *not* be a dependency for em28xx. There are lots

Re: [PATCH 10/75] V4L/DVB: declare MODULE_FIRMWARE for modules using XC2028 and XC3028L tuners

2009-11-08 Thread Mauro Carvalho Chehab
Em Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:32:29 +0100 hermann pitton hermann-pit...@arcor.de escreveu: I agree. An interesting case happens with devices that uses tda10046 DVB demods. They have the firmware stored internally on their eeprom. Those firmwares can be replaced by a different version loaded

Re: [PATCH 10/75] V4L/DVB: declare MODULE_FIRMWARE for modules using XC2028 and XC3028L tuners

2009-11-08 Thread hermann pitton
Am Sonntag, den 08.11.2009, 22:43 -0200 schrieb Mauro Carvalho Chehab: Em Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:32:29 +0100 hermann pitton hermann-pit...@arcor.de escreveu: I agree. An interesting case happens with devices that uses tda10046 DVB demods. They have the firmware stored internally on

[PATCH 10/75] V4L/DVB: declare MODULE_FIRMWARE for modules using XC2028 and XC3028L tuners

2009-11-07 Thread Ben Hutchings
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings b...@decadent.org.uk --- I'm not really sure whether it's better to do this in the drivers which specify which firmware file to use, or just once in the xc2028 tuner driver. Your call. Ben. drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/cxusb.c |1 +

Re: [PATCH 10/75] V4L/DVB: declare MODULE_FIRMWARE for modules using XC2028 and XC3028L tuners

2009-11-07 Thread Andy Walls
On Sat, 2009-11-07 at 21:47 +, Ben Hutchings wrote: Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings b...@decadent.org.uk --- I'm not really sure whether it's better to do this in the drivers which specify which firmware file to use, or just once in the xc2028 tuner driver. Your call. Ben. Ben, I would

Re: [PATCH 10/75] V4L/DVB: declare MODULE_FIRMWARE for modules using XC2028 and XC3028L tuners

2009-11-07 Thread Devin Heitmueller
On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Andy Walls awa...@radix.net wrote: On Sat, 2009-11-07 at 21:47 +, Ben Hutchings wrote: Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings b...@decadent.org.uk --- I'm not really sure whether it's better to do this in the drivers which specify which firmware file to use, or just

Re: [PATCH 10/75] V4L/DVB: declare MODULE_FIRMWARE for modules using XC2028 and XC3028L tuners

2009-11-07 Thread Andy Walls
On Sat, 2009-11-07 at 20:44 -0500, Devin Heitmueller wrote: On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Andy Walls awa...@radix.net wrote: On Sat, 2009-11-07 at 21:47 +, Ben Hutchings wrote: Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings b...@decadent.org.uk --- I'm not really sure whether it's better to do this