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author | Patrick Boettcher <devnull@localhost> | 2004-09-28 19:36:44 +0000 |
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committer | Patrick Boettcher <devnull@localhost> | 2004-09-28 19:36:44 +0000 |
commit | 00da2badce9a5354c4315b2805e62fb1f77edf63 (patch) | |
tree | 4ae090379ed8e6a8ecf4c0719c1c05c5e738aaa6 /linux/Documentation/dvb | |
parent | 37884cd17a30bf0711f1214647a35047dab17229 (diff) | |
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- added new device ids (unkown name) from new Twinhan driver
- notes in documentation
- some cleanups
- return values in firmware upload method (thanks to Ian <ian (a) imm.uklinux.net>)
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-rw-r--r-- | linux/Documentation/dvb/README.dibusb | 41 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/linux/Documentation/dvb/README.dibusb b/linux/Documentation/dvb/README.dibusb index 0e2363727..311f1f023 100644 --- a/linux/Documentation/dvb/README.dibusb +++ b/linux/Documentation/dvb/README.dibusb @@ -1,9 +1,11 @@ +$Id: README.dibusb,v 1.6 2004/09/28 19:36:44 pmp Exp $ + Documentation for dib3000mb frontend driver and dibusb device driver The drivers should work with - Twinhan VisionPlus VisionDTV USB-Ter DVB-T Device (VP7041) - http://www.twinhan.com/visiontv-2_4.htm + http://www.twinhan.com/ - CTS Portable (Chinese Television System) http://www.2cts.tv/ctsportable/ @@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ The drivers should work with - Compro Videomate DVB-U2000 - DVB-T USB http://www.comprousa.com/products/vmu2000.htm +- Unknown USB DVB-T device with vendor ID Hyper-Paltek Copyright (C) 2004 Patrick Boettcher (patrick.boettcher@desy.de), @@ -35,10 +38,11 @@ published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2. NEWS: + 2004-09-28 - added support for a new device (Unkown, vendor ID is Hyper-Paltek) 2004-09-20 - added support for a new device (Compro DVB-U2000), thanks to Amaury Demol for reporting - - changed usb TS transfer method (several urbs, stopping transfer - before setting a new pid) + - changed usb TS transfer method (several urbs, stopping transfer + before setting a new pid) 2004-09-13 - added support for a new device (Artec T1 USB TVBOX), thanks to Christian Motschke for reporting 2004-09-05 - released the dibusb device and dib3000mb-frontend driver @@ -50,8 +54,8 @@ NEWS: CTS Portable (Chinese Television System) 2004-07-08 - firmware-extraction-2.422-problem solved, driver is now working properly with firmware extracted from 2.422 - - #if for 2.6.4 (dvb), compile issue - - changed firmware handling, see vp7041.txt sec 1.1 + - #if for 2.6.4 (dvb), compile issue + - changed firmware handling, see vp7041.txt sec 1.1 2004-07-02 - some tuner modifications, v0.1, cleanups, first public 2004-06-28 - now using the dvb_dmx_swfilter_packets, everything runs fine now @@ -92,8 +96,13 @@ in the device). If you want to enable debug output, you have to load the driver manually. -modprobe dvb-dibusb debug=1 -modprobe dib3000mb debug=1 +first have a look, which debug level are available: + +modinfo dvb-dibusb +modinfo dib3000mb + +modprobe dvb-dibusb debug=<level> +modprobe dib3000mb debug=<level> should do the trick. @@ -109,11 +118,13 @@ as a slave device in vdr, was not working for me. Some work has to be done 2. Known problems and bugs TODO: -- add some additional URBs for USB data transfer -- due a firmware problem i2c writes during mpeg transfers destroy the stream - no i2c writes during streaming, interrupt streaming, when adding another pid +- remote control tasklet +- signal-quality and strength calculations +- debug messages restructure +- i2c address probing +- -2.1. Adding new devices +2.1. Adding support for devices It is not possible to determine the range of devices based on the DiBcom reference design. This is because the reference design of DiBcom can be sold @@ -129,7 +140,7 @@ of the device. I will add it to this list in order to make this clear to others. If you are familar with C you can also add the VID and PID of the device to -the dvb-dibusb.[hc]-files and create a patch and send it over to me or to +the dvb-dibusb.h-file and create a patch and send it over to me or to the linux-dvb mailing list, _after_ you have tried compiling and modprobing it. @@ -138,9 +149,9 @@ it. Patches, comments and suggestions are very very welcome 3. Acknowledgements - Amaury Demol (ademol@dibcom.fr) and Francois Kanounnikoff from DiBcom for - providing specs, code and help, on which the dvb-dibusb and dib3000mb are - based. + Amaury Demol (ademol@dibcom.fr) and Francois Kanounnikoff from DiBcom for + providing specs, code and help, on which the dvb-dibusb and dib3000mb are + based. Alex Woods for frequently answering question about usb and dvb stuff, a big thank you |