Indeed, the new kernel will solve most of the problems with drivers and not supported tuners. But it might take a very long time until those versions are stable and released to the public. Right now ... it's not useable and nothing really works
I'd be happy to hear about problems with the new kernel (or the new OE). Did you already test it? Support for DM7025 and DM8000 is nearly finished. What's currently missing is a) support for Compact Flash (DM7025) and b) cdfs (DM8000, will be replaced with a different solution) and, of course, c) a lot of testing.