Re: [linux-dvb] [PATCH] Mantis Bug (was Technisat HD2 cannot szap/scan)

["Hans Werner" <HWerner4@gmx.de>]

> With the Azurewave AD-SP400 (Twinhan VP-1041 / Technisat HD2 / 
> ?poss. Terratec Cinergy S2 PCI HD)
> there seems to be a driver bug when tuning some channels immediately
> after boot or after resuming from sleep (which is entered after 1 minute
> idle).
> So the initialisation seems to be unsuitable for tuning some channels.
> 
> But... if another channel is tuned successfully first then the bad
> channels *CAN* be tuned
> (if you are quick and do it before it sleeps again).
> 
> It looks like the problem channels are all horizontal but perhaps other
> parameters are 
> relevant too/instead.
> 
> Can anyone help?
> Instructions for reproducing the problem on Astra 19.2E or Hotbird 13.0E
> are below.
> 
> I don't know whether the problem is in the mantis, stb0899, stb6100 or
> lnbp21 code.

Problem solved with the patch below.

I found that both problems tuning channels (#1 immediately after boot and #2 after sleep) are
caused by the lnbp21 voltage OFF setting. To fix #1: the LNB voltage needs to be turned on when
the lnbp21 is attached, and to fix #2: turning the voltage off on sleep needs to be disabled.

To keep the voltage on, we need to make sure that register bit LNBP21_EN is always set. 

I note that as well as controlling the voltage regulator blocks this register bit also controls
a loopthrough switch -- clearing the bit takes the lnbp21 out of the LNB line, which could be
used to allow other circuitry to do LNB power and control. I don't have any info on how the
card is actually wired. It seems best to keep the EN bit always set, because I know clearing
it causes trouble.

It turns out there is already a mechanism for specifying register bits to be overridden in
the lnbp21 attach call (already used for another card) and we just need to apply the following
one-line patch to the VP-1041 attach.

This is against the repository at http://mercurial.intuxication.org/hg/s2-liplianin.

Signed-off-by: Hans Werner <hwerner4@gmx.de>

diff -r 28324bc3d694 linux/drivers/media/dvb/mantis/mantis_dvb.c
--- a/linux/drivers/media/dvb/mantis/mantis_dvb.c
+++ b/linux/drivers/media/dvb/mantis/mantis_dvb.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ int __devinit mantis_frontend_init(struc
                        vp1041_config.demod_address);

                        if (stb6100_attach(mantis->fe, &vp1041_stb6100_config, &mantis->adapter)) {
-                               if (!lnbp21_attach(mantis->fe, &mantis->adapter, 0, 0)) {
+                               if (!lnbp21_attach(mantis->fe, &mantis->adapter, LNBP21_EN, 0)) {
                                        printk("%s: No LNBP21 found!\n", __FUNCTION__);
                                        mantis->fe = NULL;
                                }



Regards,
Hans

> 
> > > When it goes into sleep mode I see the following in dmesg:
> > > [  522.821625] _stb0899_read_reg: Reg=[0xf12a], data=58               
>  
> >  
> > >                                                                     
> > > [  522.821632] stb0899_i2c_gate_ctrl: Disabling I2C Repeater ...      
>  
> >  
> > >                                                                     
> > > [  522.821634] stb0899_write_regs [0xf12a]: 58                        
>  
> >  
> > >                                                                     
> > > [  522.822681] stb0899_sleep: Going to Sleep .. (Really tired .. :-))
> > > 
> > > So the Twinhan 1041 is quite useless for me at the moment.
> > 
> > Try the following channels.conf for Astra at 19.2E:
> > 
> > TVEi;CANALSATELLITE:11567:vS0C56M2:S19.2E:22000:58:59:61:0:9022:1:1024:0
> >
> ZDF;ZDFvision:11953:hS0C34M2:S19.2E:27500:110:120=deu,121=2ch;125=deu:130:0:28006:1:1079:0
> > 
> > Then do the following (in this order): 
> > 0. point dish to 19.2E.
> > 1. tune to TVEi
> > szap-s2 -a 0 -r -p -V -c ~/channels.conf.astra1 "TVEi;CANALSATELLITE"
> > 
> > 2. hit ctrl-c, and wait 1 minute until the frontend sleeps (check dmesg)
> > 
> > 3. try to tune to ZDF. It FAILS (hangs).
> > szap-s2 -a 0 -r -p -V -c ~/channels.conf.astra1 "ZDF;ZDFvision"
> > 
> > 4. ctrl-c and then szap-s2 to TVEi. That WORKS.
> > 
> > 5. ctrl-c and then quickly (before sleep) szap-s2 to ZDF. Now it WORKS
> > too.
> > You can keep changing to other channels provided that it is not allowed
> to
> > get into a sleep.
> > 
> > Similar problems are seen using scan-s2 instead of szap-s2.
> 
> 
> For Hotbird try the following channels.conf.hotbird:
> 
> BBC World News:12596:vS0C34M2:S13.0E:27500:163:92:41:0:8204:318:9400:0
> Nile
> News:12539:hS0C34M2:S13.0E:27500:1185+1184:1187=ara:0:0:8983:318:9100:0
> Toscana Channel:11541:vS0C56M2:S13.0E:22000:521:522:0:0:3622:200:1800:0
> ZDF:11054:hS0C56M2:S13.0E:27500:570:571=deu:572:0:8011:318:12700:0
> 
> Then do the following (in this order):
> 0. point dish to 13.0E.
> 1. tune to Toscana Channel  (or BBC World News)
> szap-s2 -a 0 -r -p -V -c ~/channels.conf.hotbird "Toscana Channel"
> 
> 2. hit ctrl-c, and wait at least 1 minute until the frontend sleeps (check
> dmesg)
> 
> 3. try to tune to Nile News (or ZDF). It FAILS (hangs with -r -p or
> doesn't lock without those options).
> szap-s2 -a 0 -r -p -V -c ~/channels.conf.hotbird "Nile News"
> 
> 4. Do ctrl-c and then szap-s2 to Toscana Channel (or BBC World News). That
> WORKS.
> 
> 5. Do ctrl-c and then quickly (before sleep) szap-s2 to Nile News (or
> ZDF). Now it
> WORKS too!
> You can keep changing to other channels provided that it is not allowed to
> get into a sleep.
> 
> Or even simpler:
> just boot the computer (or sudo modprobe -r mantis && sudo modprobe
> mantis)
> and skip number 1 and number 2, i.e. do 0,3,4,5.
> 
> > Can someone reproduce this? (or fix the problem ;-) ).
> 
> Hans
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