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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2009-01-22 20:52:03 -0200
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2009-01-22 20:52:03 -0200
commitde00985e053e5742126ccd5299ac49047fecec88 (patch)
tree552032607812c7512db3b0a271ee76c2d43626d5 /linux/drivers/media/video/cx25840/cx25840-core.c
parent942a41fc50cf6a55b959fd4470ce7a1ace120dfb (diff)
parentc475839553c110df9e43e58998cd37d05a34de20 (diff)
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merge: http://linuxtv.org/hg/~anttip/af9015/
From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com> Priority: normal Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/linux/drivers/media/video/cx25840/cx25840-core.c b/linux/drivers/media/video/cx25840/cx25840-core.c
index 479700c8c..6d324002a 100644
--- a/linux/drivers/media/video/cx25840/cx25840-core.c
+++ b/linux/drivers/media/video/cx25840/cx25840-core.c
@@ -1120,6 +1120,16 @@ static void log_audio_status(struct i2c_client *client)
/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+/* This init operation must be called to load the driver's firmware.
+ Without this the audio standard detection will fail and you will
+ only get mono.
+
+ Since loading the firmware is often problematic when the driver is
+ compiled into the kernel I recommend postponing calling this function
+ until the first open of the video device. Another reason for
+ postponing it is that loading this firmware takes a long time (seconds)
+ due to the slow i2c bus speed. So it will speed up the boot process if
+ you can avoid loading the fw as long as the video device isn't used. */
static int cx25840_init(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, u32 val)
{
struct cx25840_state *state = to_state(sd);
@@ -1401,6 +1411,14 @@ static int cx25840_log_status(struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
static int cx25840_command(struct i2c_client *client, unsigned cmd, void *arg)
{
+ /* ignore this command */
+ if (cmd == TUNER_SET_TYPE_ADDR)
+ return 0;
+
+ /* Old-style drivers rely on initialization on first use, so
+ call the init whenever a command is issued to this driver.
+ New-style drivers using v4l2_subdev should call init explicitly. */
+ cx25840_init(i2c_get_clientdata(client), 0);
return v4l2_subdev_command(i2c_get_clientdata(client), cmd, arg);
}