From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m1NKCDxn018098 for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:12:13 -0500 Received: from mail-in-11.arcor-online.net (mail-in-11.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.51]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m1NKBa0Y011035 for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:11:37 -0500 From: hermann pitton To: "Peter D." In-Reply-To: <200802230011.40110.peter_s_d@fastmail.com.au> References: <200802171428.10859.peter_s_d@fastmail.com.au> <200802172153.00901.peter.missel@onlinehome.de> <1203463532.5358.15.camel@pc08.localdom.local> <200802230011.40110.peter_s_d@fastmail.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:05:19 +0100 Message-Id: <1203797119.4664.4.camel@pc08.localdom.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org, video4linux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] auto detection of Flytv duo/hybrid and pci/cardbus confusion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: video4linux-list-bounces@redhat.com Errors-To: video4linux-list-bounces@redhat.com List-ID: Hi, Am Samstag, den 23.02.2008, 00:11 +1100 schrieb Peter D.: > On Wednesday 20 February 2008, hermann pitton wrote: > > Am Sonntag, den 17.02.2008, 21:53 +0100 schrieb Peter Missel: > > > Greetings all! > > > > > > Let me clear things up a bit. > > > > > > > > First clarification, duo versus hybrid. > > > > > Are "duo" cards equipped with two independent tuners that can both > > > > > be used at the same time? > > > > > Are "hybrid" cards necessarily equipped with digital and analogue > > > > > tuners? Can a two tuner card be both a duo and a hybrid, if one > > > > > tuner is digital the other is analogue and they can both be used at > > > > > the same time? > > > > > > LifeView are using two vendor IDs - 4E42h for all (!) their OEMs, and > > > their own one for LifeView branded cards. Hence we need two PCI ID > > > entries for everything, each pair pointing back to the same card data. > > > > > > Then, card types. > > > > > > The analog-only and "hybrid" have one single tuner, for DVB-T or > > > analog. The "Duo" cards have two tuner frontends, one for DVB-T and the > > > other for analog. > > > "Trio" cards add a DVB-S frontend, which cannot be used at the same > > > time as the DVB-T frontend. Like the Duo, these can run one digital and > > > one analog stream in parallel. > > > > > > Finally, card shapes. > > > > > > Each card type comes in CardBus, PCI, and MiniPCI shape. The flavors > > > are compatible, so that again, the PCI ID data point back to the same > > > card entry for e.g. the PCI and CardBus Duo. > > > > > > The card type/shape combinations are distinctly identified by their > > > subsystem ID. No need to guesstimate anything. > > > > > > That's the plan at least. > > > > > > regards, > > > Peter > > > > Hi Peter! > > > > Your plan is fine so far. > > > > We might add some more comments to group devices obviously together, > > since those looking first time at it are a bit lost. > > > > For such i2c IR limits, we have your and Eddi's comments. > > > > Since we can't help it easily, Peter D. should suggest the older version > > of the MSI A/D for auto detection. It won't make anything more worse on > > that not fully clear Vivanco stuff, except Hartmut might have ideas. > > > > Cheers, > > Hermann > > I think that you just suggested something. I'm going to stand at > the side and nod my head. ;-) > > What should I do to make it an official suggestion? > the usual ;) Create a patch against the current v4l-dvb master repo. Try README.patches. Send it and add the Signed-off-by line. Cheers, Hermann -- video4linux-list mailing list Unsubscribe mailto:video4linux-list-request@redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list