From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net ([167.206.4.199]) by www.linuxtv.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Ke8YL-0002po-VD for linux-dvb@linuxtv.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:19:19 +0200 Received: from steven-toths-macbook-pro.local (ool-18bfe594.dyn.optonline.net [24.191.229.148]) by mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0K7300IZO3N2YP50@mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for linux-dvb@linuxtv.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:18:39 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:18:38 -0400 From: Steven Toth In-reply-to: <200809120826.31108.hftom@free.fr> To: Christophe Thommeret Message-id: <48CA6C2E.7050908@linuxtv.org> MIME-version: 1.0 References: <48CA0355.6080903@linuxtv.org> <200809120826.31108.hftom@free.fr> Cc: Steven Toth , linux-dvb@linuxtv.org Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] S2API - Status - Thu Sep 11th List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: linux-dvb-bounces@linuxtv.org Errors-To: linux-dvb-bounces+mchehab=infradead.org@linuxtv.org List-ID: Christophe Thommeret wrote: > Le Friday 12 September 2008 07:51:17 Steven Toth, vous avez =E9crit : >> Hello! >> >> More progress today, 7 new patches were merged - all related to the >> feedback and suggestions we had.... And a bugfix. :) >> >> The DTV_SET/GET command syntax has been rationalised, as Hans requested. >> This cleans up the application API nicely. Various internal improvements >> and code cleanup related to variable length arrays, moving values >> to/from userspace to the kernel. Interfacing to the demods to allow them >> to interact with set/get property requests, if they chose to do so. >> Quite a lot of changes internally and to the user facing API. >> >> If you're planning to test then you'll need the tune-v0.0.5.c to see the >> different. (steventoth.net/linux/s2/tune-v0.0.5.tgz) >> >> In addition, some related news: >> >> mkrufky spent some time adding S2API isdb-t support to the siano driver, >> that's working pretty well - tuning via the S2API app. >> >> Two tree here, offering slightly different approaches, one with S2API, >> one using some spare bits in the DVB-T tuning fields. >> >> http://linuxtv.org/hg/~mkrufky/sms1xxx-s2api-isdbt/ >> http://linuxtv.org/hg/~mkrufky/sms1xxx-isdbt-as-dvbt/ >> >> (See tune-v0.0.5.tgz for example ISDB-T tuning code) >> >> If you're interested in seeing the impact of switching to S2API for this >> driver, see the set_frontend() func, it's a small change - just a few >> lines to reference the dtv_frontend_properties cache. >> >> I don't think we're quite ready to announce we've conquered the complete >> ISDB-T API, so don't assume that this is concrete.... As we experiment >> with other ISDB-T products we'll probably find reasons to tweak the API >> a little further as a standard begins to form..... but tuning through a >> clean API is a great step forward, and its working now, today. Thank you >> mkrufky :) >> >> Hans Werner sent a large patch for the multifrontend HVR3000/HVR4000 >> combined DVB-T/DVB-S/S2 support for the S2API tree. (Thanks Hans - this >> was obviously a lot of manual merge work, it's greatly appreciated.) >> >> What would everyone like to see happen with this patch? >> >> Would you prefer to see this dealt with outside of the S2API discussion, >> or would you like to see this included and merged? Let me know your >> thoughts. Andreas also has the multifrontend thread running, so comment >> here if you would like to see this as part of the S2API patches, or >> comment on the Andreas thread of you want this as a separate patchset at >> a later date. >> >> Darron Broad has offered to bring the cx24116.c driver up to date with >> some additions he has in his repositories. With any luck we may see >> these merged into the current cx24116 driver within a few days. Thank >> you Darron. >> >> Patrick, I haven't looked at your 1.7MHz bandwidth suggestion - I'm open >> to ideas on how you think we should do this. Take a look at todays >> linux/dvb/frontend.h and see if these updates help, or whether you need >> more changes. >> >> Igor has been busy patching the szap-s2 tool >> (http://liplianindvb.sourceforge.net/hg/szap-s2/) so many thanks to >> Igor! Gregoire has been running some basic tests and appears to be >> having some success, that's encouraging. Thank you. >> >> What's next? >> >> Now's probably a good time to start patching dvb-apps. I think the >> frontend.h changes are close enough for that work to begin. This will >> probably start Friday, so keep your eyes and open for the >> stoth/s2api-dvb-apps tree appearing ... and an announcement here. >> >> Thanks again to everyone, your efforts are appreciated! >> >> Regards, >> >> Steve > = > Good work. > I've just gave it a try: > = > First i tried old api (kaffeine)-> everything works as expected. > Then i tried new API (with latest tune.c) -> nova-t and nova-s work, cine= rgyT2 = > doesn't. I've also noticed that FE_SET_PROPERTY ioctl always return -1, e= ven = > when success.. > Then i tried old api again -> now dvb-s doesn't lock and dvb-t always loc= k on = > the freq used in tune.c > = Christophe, thanks for the feedback. I'm not familiar with the cinergyT2 = driver so I'll look into this tonight and see what's causing the tuning = to fail. Thanks for highlighting this. 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