From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from legolas.alcom.aland.fi ([194.112.1.132]:48894 "EHLO legolas.alcom.aland.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752177AbZLEJpN (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Dec 2009 04:45:13 -0500 Received: from aragon.alcom.aland.fi (aragon [194.112.0.1]) by legolas.alcom.aland.fi (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id nB59jIKc017106 for ; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 11:45:18 +0200 Received: from [10.0.0.2] (82-199-168-58.bredband.aland.net [82.199.168.58]) (authenticated bits=0) by aragon.alcom.aland.fi (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id nB59jGiU016807 for ; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 11:45:16 +0200 Subject: Re: af9015: tuner id:179 not supported, please report! From: Jan Sundman To: linux-media@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <37219a840912041003o4d8ebe27wbe3f1c47f55ba7dc@mail.gmail.com> References: <1259695756.5239.2.camel@desktop> <37219a840912021508s75535fa6v83006d3bad0c301@mail.gmail.com> <1259874920.2151.13.camel@desktop> <41ef408f0912031347j6b9a704flc6d9c302f4e0517@mail.gmail.com> <829197380912031403l6b828821q87f407fa95bc25f9@mail.gmail.com> <37219a840912041003o4d8ebe27wbe3f1c47f55ba7dc@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:45:10 +0200 Message-ID: <1260006310.3702.3.camel@desktop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, Thanks for the info, I will have a look and see if it is worth the trouble. Br, // Jan On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 13:03 -0500, Michael Krufky wrote: > On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Devin Heitmueller > wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Bert Massop wrote: > >> Hi Jan, > >> > >> The datasheet for the TDA18218 can be obtained from NXP: > >> http://www.nxp.com/documents/data_sheet/TDA18218HN.pdf > >> > >> That's all the information I have at the moment, maybe Mike has some > >> other information (like the Application Note mentioned in the > >> datasheet, that claims to contain information on writing drivers, but > >> cannot be found anywhere). > >> > >> Best regards, > >> > >> Bert > > > > Took a quick look at that datasheet. I would guess between that > > datasheet and a usbsnoop, there is probably enough there to write a > > driver that basically works for your particular hardware if you know > > what you are doing. The register map is abbreviated, but probably > > good enough... > > > > Devin > > The datasheet is missing too much important information needed to > write a fully featured driver for the part, and I wouldn't recommend > using a usbsnoop for this type of tuner, but be my guest and prove me > wrong. > > You might be able to get it working, but you'll end up with tons of > binary blobs hardcoded for each frequency, unless you use a > programming guide. Unfortunately, I don't have one that I can share > :-/ > > I think you would be much better off purchasing supported hardware, instead. > > Good luck, though... > > -Mike > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html