From: Manu Abraham Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 20:03:04 +0000 (-0700) Subject: [PATCH] dvb: dst: Updated Documentation X-Git-Url: https://git.stricted.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2d6e7322b5f63d62ec8785c5fbf469c9a233baff;p=GitHub%2FLineageOS%2Fandroid_kernel_motorola_exynos9610.git [PATCH] dvb: dst: Updated Documentation Updated Documentation Signed-off-by: Manu Abraham Signed-off-by: Johannes Stezenbach Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt b/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt index 4b8c326c6aac..cb63b7a93c82 100644 --- a/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt +++ b/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt @@ -1,55 +1,74 @@ -How to get the Nebula Electronics DigiTV, Pinnacle PCTV Sat, Twinhan DST + clones working -========================================================================================= +How to get the Nebula, PCTV and Twinhan DST cards working +========================================================= -1) General information -====================== +This class of cards has a bt878a as the PCI interface, and +require the bttv driver. -This class of cards has a bt878a chip as the PCI interface. -The different card drivers require the bttv driver to provide the means -to access the i2c bus and the gpio pins of the bt8xx chipset. +Please pay close attention to the warning about the bttv module +options below for the DST card. -2) Compilation rules for Kernel >= 2.6.12 -========================================= +1) General informations +======================= -Enable the following options: +These drivers require the bttv driver to provide the means to access +the i2c bus and the gpio pins of the bt8xx chipset. +Because of this, you need to enable "Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" - => "Video For Linux" => "BT848 Video For Linux" + => "Video For Linux" => "BT848 Video For Linux" + +Furthermore you need to enable "Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting Devices" - => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "BT8xx based PCI cards" + => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "BT8xx based PCI cards" -3) Loading Modules, described by two approaches -=============================================== +2) Loading Modules +================== In general you need to load the bttv driver, which will handle the gpio and -i2c communication for us, plus the common dvb-bt8xx device driver, -which is called the backend. -The frontends for Nebula DigiTV (nxt6000), Pinnacle PCTV Sat (cx24110), -TwinHan DST + clones (dst and dst-ca) are loaded automatically by the backend. -For further details about TwinHan DST + clones see /Documentation/dvb/ci.txt. +i2c communication for us, plus the common dvb-bt8xx device driver. +The frontends for Nebula (nxt6000), Pinnacle PCTV (cx24110) and +TwinHan (dst) are loaded automatically by the dvb-bt8xx device driver. -3a) The manual approach ------------------------ +3a) Nebula / Pinnacle PCTV +-------------------------- -Loading modules: -modprobe bttv -modprobe dvb-bt8xx + $ modprobe bttv (normally bttv is being loaded automatically by kmod) + $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx (or just place dvb-bt8xx in /etc/modules for automatic loading) -Unloading modules: -modprobe -r dvb-bt8xx -modprobe -r bttv -3b) The automatic approach +3b) TwinHan and Clones -------------------------- -If not already done by installation, place a line either in -/etc/modules.conf or in /etc/modprobe.conf containing this text: -alias char-major-81 bttv + $ modprobe bttv i2c_hw=1 card=0x71 + $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx + $ modprobe dst + +The value 0x71 will override the PCI type detection for dvb-bt8xx, +which is necessary for TwinHan cards. + +If you're having an older card (blue color circuit) and card=0x71 locks +your machine, try using 0x68, too. If that does not work, ask on the +mailing list. + +The DST module takes a couple of useful parameters. + +verbose takes values 0 to 4. These values control the verbosity level, +and can be used to debug also. + +verbose=0 means complete disabling of messages + 1 only error messages are displayed + 2 notifications are also displayed + 3 informational messages are also displayed + 4 debug setting + +dst_addons takes values 0 and 0x20. A value of 0 means it is a FTA card. +0x20 means it has a Conditional Access slot. + +The autodected values are determined bythe cards 'response +string' which you can see in your logs e.g. -Then place a line in /etc/modules containing this text: -dvb-bt8xx +dst_get_device_id: Recognise [DSTMCI] -Reboot your system and have fun! -- -Authors: Richard Walker, Jamie Honan, Michael Hunold, Manu Abraham, Uwe Bugla +Authors: Richard Walker, Jamie Honan, Michael Hunold, Manu Abraham