Re: does pinnacle 320e device needs a patched kernel?

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Flavio <sixdegreesoit <at> yahoo.it> wrote:
> hi all,
>
> i have a Pinnacle PCTV Hybrid Pro Stick (320e) (USB ID=eb1a:2881), with a
> patched 2.6.26 kernel and everything works fine (thanks marcus!).
>
> i'd like to upgrade my kernel and according to
>
> http://www.linuxhq.com/kernel/v2.6/27-
> git8/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.em28xx
>
> it seems that this device is supported by a vanilla kernel. Is that right? Or
> the in-kernel driver is incomplete? (that "Unkown EM2750/28xx video grabber"
> doesn't seem good...)
>
> will it ever work on an unpatched kernel?
>

maybe, although it will always require some components from userland.
I'm just doing some field tests
with some userland drivers now which don't require any special kernel hooks.

regards,
Markus