Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:11:35 +0100 | From | Peter Schlaf <> | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] remove the broken VIDEO_ZR36120 driver |
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Mauro Carvalho Chehab schrieb: > Hi Joe, > > Em Seg, 2006-11-27 às 22:36 -0800, Joe Feise escreveu: >> Adrian Bunk wrote on 11/27/06 22:07: >> >>> On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 09:30:27PM -0800, Joe Feise wrote: >>>> Adrian Bunk wrote on 11/25/06 11:15: >>>> >>>>> But if anyone wants to ever revive this driver, the code is still >>>>> present in the older kernel releases. >>>> Hmm, there are people out there (like me) who still use it and have patched it >>>> to get it working on 2.6.x. >>> If you anyway have to patch your kernel, you can as well patch the >>> complete driver into the kernel. >> Well, there are other things outside the actual driver code that may change, and >> that would make it harder to keep my patch in sync. > Keeping it in sync is not hard. Most changes are just small API changes > that are easy to port to all drivers, since they all behave likely. > Also, when kernel hackers changes API, they usually send patches fixing > API also at the affected drivers (of course for not-broken stuff). >> And actually, I submitted my patch some time ago to the maintainer of the driver >> (Pauline Middelink.) Unfortunately, it never made it into the kernel, nor did I >> get any feedback from her. I have no idea if she is still active (she is listed >> as maintainer at least until 2.6.17.) I cc'ed her on this mail. > If you are interested on fixing this driver, you may submit the fix > patch to me, with your SOB. I'm maintaining the V4L subsystem as a hole. >> >> -Joe >> >> > Cheers, > Mauro.
Hello,
I would like to see this driver fixed and remaining in the kernel and would give any support I can to achive this goal.
I have a zr36120 based tv card and wrote a driver on my own based on this kernel driver from Pauline Middelink. Maybe it could be helpful.
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