When I find some time I try to understand why some Pandora hardware does not work with the mainline kernel, and to fix the problem.
It might be easier to fix problems if probing can be done on the PCB to check e.g. if the power is supplied to the non working component, the component has a clock signal, the input pins show some activity, ...
Of course I can open my Pandora and do the probing on it, but there is a realistic chance to break the PCB when doing something wrong. Additinally my re-assembling skills are not good and I don't like to risk the live of my Pandora by frequent disassembling and re-assembling. Therefore I like to have a bare PCB for probing.