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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/media')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-devattr.h | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-hdw.c | 13 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-devattr.h b/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-devattr.h index e5b9594eb5f6..273c8d4b3853 100644 --- a/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-devattr.h +++ b/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-devattr.h @@ -177,6 +177,11 @@ struct pvr2_device_desc { unsigned int flag_has_composite:1; /* Has composite input */ unsigned int flag_has_svideo:1; /* Has s-video input */ unsigned int flag_fx2_16kb:1; /* 16KB FX2 firmware OK here */ + + /* If this driver is considered experimental, i.e. not all aspects + are working correctly and/or it is untested, mark that fact + with this flag. */ + unsigned int flag_is_experimental:1; }; extern struct usb_device_id pvr2_device_table[]; diff --git a/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-hdw.c b/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-hdw.c index d13232d51823..2c3f845c3e5c 100644 --- a/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-hdw.c +++ b/drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-hdw.c @@ -2459,6 +2459,19 @@ struct pvr2_hdw *pvr2_hdw_create(struct usb_interface *intf, hdw,hdw_desc->description); pvr2_trace(PVR2_TRACE_INFO, "Hardware description: %s", hdw_desc->description); + if (hdw_desc->flag_is_experimental) { + pvr2_trace(PVR2_TRACE_INFO, "**********"); + pvr2_trace(PVR2_TRACE_INFO, + "WARNING: Support for this device (%s) is" + " experimental.", hdw_desc->description); + pvr2_trace(PVR2_TRACE_INFO, + "Important functionality might not be" + " entirely working."); + pvr2_trace(PVR2_TRACE_INFO, + "Please consider contacting the driver author to" + " help with further stabilization of the driver."); + pvr2_trace(PVR2_TRACE_INFO, "**********"); + } if (!hdw) goto fail; init_timer(&hdw->quiescent_timer); |