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diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt b/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt index 3a3260794758..e6b8d05bc08d 100644 --- a/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt +++ b/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt @@ -1,66 +1,55 @@ -How to get the Nebula, PCTV and Twinhan DST cards working -========================================================= +How to get the Nebula Electronics DigiTV, Pinnacle PCTV Sat, Twinhan DST + clones working +========================================================================================= -This class of cards has a bt878a as the PCI interface, and -require the bttv driver. +1) General information +====================== -Please pay close attention to the warning about the bttv module -options below for the DST card. +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. -1) General informations -======================= +2) Compilation rules for Kernel >= 2.6.12 +========================================= -These drivers require the bttv driver to provide the means to access -the i2c bus and the gpio pins of the bt8xx chipset. +Enable the following options: -Because of this, you need to enable "Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" - => "Video For Linux" => "BT848 Video For Linux" - -Furthermore you need to enable + => "Video For Linux" => "BT848 Video For Linux" "Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting Devices" - => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "Nebula/Pinnacle PCTV/TwinHan PCI Cards" + => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "Nebula/Pinnacle PCTV/TwinHan PCI Cards" -2) Loading Modules -================== +3) Loading Modules, described by two approaches +=============================================== 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. -The frontends for Nebula (nxt6000), Pinnacle PCTV (cx24110) and -TwinHan (dst) are loaded automatically by the dvb-bt8xx device driver. +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. -3a) Nebula / Pinnacle PCTV --------------------------- +3a) The manual approach +----------------------- - $ modprobe bttv (normally bttv is being loaded automatically by kmod) - $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx (or just place dvb-bt8xx in /etc/modules for automatic loading) +Loading modules: +modprobe bttv +modprobe dvb-bt8xx +Unloading modules: +modprobe -r dvb-bt8xx +modprobe -r bttv -3b) TwinHan and Clones +3b) The automatic approach -------------------------- - $ 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: +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 -a. verbose takes values 0 to 5. These values control the verbosity level. -b. debug takes values 0 and 1. You can either disable or enable debugging. -c. dst_addons takes values 0 and 0x20: -- A value of 0 means it is a FTA card. -- A value of 0x20 means it has a Conditional Access slot. +Then place a line in /etc/modules containing this text: +dvb-bt8xx -The autodetected values are determined by the "response string" -of the card, which you can see in your logs: -e.g.: dst_get_device_id: Recognize [DSTMCI] +Reboot your system and have fun! -- Authors: Richard Walker, Jamie Honan, Michael Hunold, Manu Abraham, Uwe Bugla |