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diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt b/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt index 52ed462061df..4e7614e606c5 100644 --- a/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt +++ b/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt @@ -1,118 +1,78 @@ -How to get the Nebula, PCTV, FusionHDTV Lite and Twinhan DST cards working -========================================================================== +How to get the bt8xx cards 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 as the PCI interface, and require the bttv driver +for accessing the i2c bus and the gpio pins of the bt8xx chipset. +Please see Documentation/dvb/cards.txt => o Cards based on the Conexant Bt8xx PCI bridge: -1) General informations -======================= - -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" - -Furthermore you need to enable -"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting Devices" - => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "BT8xx based PCI cards" +Compiling kernel please enable: +a.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Video For Linux" => "BT848 Video For Linux" +b.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting Devices" + => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "Bt8xx based PCI Cards" 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. -The frontends for Nebula (nxt6000), Pinnacle PCTV (cx24110), TwinHan (dst), -FusionHDTV DVB-T Lite (mt352) and FusionHDTV5 Lite (lgdt330x) are loaded -automatically by the dvb-bt8xx device driver. - -3a) Nebula / Pinnacle PCTV / FusionHDTV Lite ---------------------------------------------- - - $ modprobe bttv (normally bttv is being loaded automatically by kmod) - $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx - -(or just place dvb-bt8xx in /etc/modules for automatic loading) - - -3b) TwinHan and Clones --------------------------- +In default cases bttv is loaded automatically. +To load the backend either place dvb-bt8xx in etc/modules, or apply manually: - $ modprobe bttv card=0x71 - $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx - $ modprobe dst + $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx -The value 0x71 will override the PCI type detection for dvb-bt8xx, -which is necessary for TwinHan cards. Omission of this parameter might result -in a system lockup. +All frontends will be loaded automatically. +People running udev please see Documentation/dvb/udev.txt. -If you're having an older card (blue color PCB) and card=0x71 locks up -your machine, try using 0x68, too. If that does not work, ask on the -mailing list. +In the following cases overriding the PCI type detection for dvb-bt8xx might be necessary: -The DST module takes a couple of useful parameters. +2a) Running TwinHan and Clones +------------------------------ -verbose takes values 0 to 4. These values control the verbosity level, -and can be used to debug also. + $ modprobe bttv card=113 + $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx + $ modprobe dst -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 +Useful parameters for verbosity level and debugging the dst module: -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. +verbose=0: messages are disabled + 1: only error messages are displayed + 2: notifications are displayed + 3: other useful messages are displayed + 4: debug setting +dst_addons=0: card is a free to air (FTA) card only + 0x20: card has a conditional access slot for scrambled channels -The autodetected values are determined by the cards 'response string' -which you can see in your logs e.g. +The autodetected values are determined by the cards' "response string". +In your logs see f. ex.: dst_get_device_id: Recognize [DSTMCI]. +For bug reports please send in a complete log with verbose=4 activated. +Please also see Documentation/dvb/ci.txt. -dst_get_device_id: Recognise [DSTMCI] - -If you need to sent in bug reports on the dst, please do send in a complete -log with the verbose=4 module parameter. For general usage, the default setting -of verbose=1 is ideal. - - -4) Multiple cards +2b) Running multiple cards -------------------------- -If you happen to be running multiple cards, it would be advisable to load -the bttv module with the card id. This would help to solve any module loading -problems that you might face. - -For example, if you have a Twinhan and Clones card along with a FusionHDTV5 Lite +Examples of card ID's: - $ modprobe bttv card=0x71 card=0x87 - -Here the order of the card id is important and should be the same as that of the -physical order of the cards. Here card=0x71 represents the Twinhan and clones -and card=0x87 represents Fusion HDTV5 Lite. These arguments can also be -specified in decimal, rather than hex: +Pinnacle PCTV Sat: 94 +Nebula Electronics Digi TV: 104 +pcHDTV HD-2000 TV: 112 +Twinhan DST and clones: 113 +Avermedia AverTV DVB-T 771: 123 +Avermedia AverTV DVB-T 761: 124 +DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Lite: 128 +DViCO FusionHDTV 5 Lite: 135 +Notice: The order of the card ID should be uprising: +Example: $ modprobe bttv card=113 card=135 + $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx -Some examples of card-id's - -Pinnacle Sat 0x5e (94) -Nebula Digi TV 0x68 (104) -PC HDTV 0x70 (112) -Twinhan 0x71 (113) -FusionHDTV DVB-T Lite 0x80 (128) -FusionHDTV5 Lite 0x87 (135) - -For a full list of card-id's, see the V4L Documentation within the kernel -source: linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv - -If you have problems with this please do ask on the mailing list. +For a full list of card ID's please see Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv. +In case of further problems send questions to the mailing list: www.linuxdvb.org. --- Authors: Richard Walker, Jamie Honan, Michael Hunold, Manu Abraham, + Uwe Bugla, Michael Krufky |