[linux-dvb] Re: FF cards alter PTS'?

[Niklas Peinecke <peinecke@gdv.uni-hannover.de>]

Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
> Robert Schlabbach wrote:
>
> > From: "Niklas Peinecke" <peinecke@gdv.uni-hannover.de>
> >
> > > Indeed, but this raises another question: For most of these modern
> > > cards the manufacturers do not publish the full specs, thus writing
> > > and maintaining a driver is always a combination of guessing and reverse
> > > engineering. IMO the "reference" card should always be the cheapest/best
> > > available card where it's sure that the driver is just optimal. Can this
> > > be garanteed for cards other than the TT designs?
> > AFAIK, the specs for the TT designs have never been published either, and
> > the drivers you have now are the result of guessing and reverse
> > engineering. I don't see why this shouldn't be repeated for more up-to-date
> > designs than the old TT ones...
I always thought Siemens did some support those days. :( Well, then it's 
just history repeating.

> True - but soembody actually has to _do_ this ;-)
> Apparently the interest in this isn't high enough, yet...
Let's see what I can do as soon as I can afford my new hardware... :)

Niklas




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