Re: [linux-dvb] [PATCH 1/7] Adding empia base driver

["Markus Rechberger" <mrechberger@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Devin Heitmueller
> <devin.heitmueller@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The reality is that from a technical standpoint I really want Markus
>> to be the maintainer.  He knows more about the devices than anyone,
>> works for the vendor, and has access to all the datasheets.  That
>> said, I don't want a situation where he is the *only* one who can do
>> work on the codebase because it is poorly commented and structured in
>> a way where only he can understand why it works the way it does.
>> Also, I believe certain design decisions should be made as a result of
>> consensus with the other maintainers, taking into consideration
>> consistency across drivers.
>
> I can understand that you want him to be the maintainer. But so far he
> hasn't really shown to be interested in doing that. It's just bit sad
> that the we don't have a proper driver given that the code exists and
> that there's a person who's willing to do the work to get it merged...
>

There's alot discussion and I haven't followed it yet although, the
best way to go
seen from my side is to take the em28xx-new code and merge the usable kernelcode
into that one (note that only ~10% of the devices in the kernel em28xx
driver are actually
tested).

I read about the License, I can say this is no issue overall, all of
the code is available under GPL,
and some of it is also under BSD license.

I need to catch up the other mails before continuing...

Markus