linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] em28xx patches against the latest git tree

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Date:	Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:38:14 +0200
From:	"Markus Rechberger" <mrechberger@...il.com>
To:	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	em28xx@...ntral.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] em28xx patches against the latest git tree

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Markus Rechberger
<mrechberger@...il.com> wrote:
> Following patch adds the latest em28xx driver from mcentral.de.
>
> merging mcentral.de/hg/~mrec/em28xx-new with upstream kernel
>
> * adding VBI support to most VBI capable devices
> * radio support for cx25843 based devices
> * extra cx25843 driver (registers match the em28xx configuration in
> order to support proper VBI)
> * all videostandards and inputs are tested with cx25843 based devices
> * adding alternative audio driver for em28xx devices (independent
> audio transfer, not depending on oss/alsa)
> * adding em28xx-webcam support for videology webcams
> * adding em28xx-audioep audio driver for alternate number 1 - if
> vendor specific and not USB audio conform
> * adding s921 driver (ISDB-T 1Seg support tunneling parameters through
> DVB-T API setting specific registers to auto)
> * adding xc3028 mostly original sourcecode from the manufacturer (most
> recent version), merged xc3028/xc3028l into
>  one external firmware blob - important for signal quality
> * adding xc5000 mostly original sourcecode from the manufacturer (most
> recent version) - important for signal quality
> * adding lgdt3304, although currently disabled
> * remote control handling *works* but is broken by design and disabled
> since different rc5/rc6/nec remotes return
>  different values. Handling can be done using interrupt transfers too (TODO)
> * fixed a couple of bugs in the em28xx-audio driver which can lead to
> system hangs.
>
> ----
>
> as for testing:
> * analog TV: patched tvtime (for analog TV) version available on
> mcentral.de which supports 1. software rendering 2. digital
> audio/alsa/aad
> * FM radio: gqradio from mcentral.de, there's also an older radio
> patch for vlc available.
> * DVB-T: all applications should work with it
> * ISDB-T: relevant for China and Brazil only, can be used with
> dvbtune, dvbscan (the channel file cannot be used due problems with
> the characters), for transferring the MPEG-TS stream dvbstream,
> dvbsnoop, for playback gstreamer/mplayer (h264/aac isn't supported
> well with it).
>
> commit history is available at:
> http://mcentral.de/http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/mrec/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=f1be9ae8f8489a6598417a194e0899ac00c7530ehg/~mrec/em28xx-new
>

this should be:
http://mcentral.de/hg/~mrec/em28xx-new/shortlog

> This patch adds a separate instance of the driver to the git
> repository, not affecting anything existing.
>
> the full patch against the git repository:
>
>
> Contributors:
> user:        acano@...tmail.fm
> user:        Andre Kelmanson <akelmanson@...il.com>
> user:        Bouwsma Barry <freebeer.bouwsma@...il.com>
> user:        Dan Kreiser <kreiser@...ormatik.hu-berlin.de>
> user:        Frank Neuber <fn@...nelport.de>
> user:        Jelle de Jong <jelledejong@...ercraft.nl>
> user:        John Stowers <john.stowers.lists@...il.com>
> user:        Lukas Kuna <lukas.kuna@...anet.net>
> user:        Stefan Vonolfen <stefan.vonolfen@...il.com>
> user:        Stephan Berberig <s.berberig@...or.de>
> user:        Thomas Giesecke <thomas.giesecke@...mbh-naumburg.de>
> user:        Vitaly Wool <vwool@...mvista.com>
> user:        Zhenyu Wang <zhen78@...il.com>
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Rechberger <mrechberger@...dtek.de>
>
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