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Diffstat (limited to 'linux/drivers/media/video/cx25840')
| -rw-r--r-- | linux/drivers/media/video/cx25840/cx25840-core.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
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); } |