TinyTwin (af9015) Results and questions

TinyTwin (af9015) Results and questions

[Lindsay Mathieson]

I've pulled the latest v4l-dvb trunk and installed it, can
confirm that both tuners of the DigitalNow TinyTwin work
beautifully. I do have a few questions though.

- I still have to specify:
  options dvb-usb-af9015 dual_mode=1

to enable the second tuner. I thought that would be on by
default now the 2nd tuner bugs have been worked out. 

- Is there a official place to download the firmware from?
Currently I'm getting it from:
 
http://www.otit.fi/~crope/v4l-dvb/af9015/af9015_firmware_cutter/firmware_files/4.95.0/dvb-usb-af9015.fw

- Is it possible to estimate when this will make its way
into the linux kernel? How will I know?

I ask because I'd like to write up a howto for myth and/or
ubuntu users, and want to cover all bases.

Thanks - Lindsay

Lindsay Mathieson
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~blackpaw1/album

Lindsay Mathieson
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~blackpaw1/album

Re: TinyTwin (af9015) Results and questions

[Antti Palosaari]

Lindsay Mathieson wrote:
> to enable the second tuner. I thought that would be on by
> default now the 2nd tuner bugs have been worked out. 

Done.

> - Is there a official place to download the firmware from?
> Currently I'm getting it from:
>  
> http://www.otit.fi/~crope/v4l-dvb/af9015/af9015_firmware_cutter/firmware_files/4.95.0/dvb-usb-af9015.fw

That's "official". I think it is not wanted to linuxtv.org because there 
is same as almost every firmware - it does not have any license. It is 
just extracted out from Windows driver (actually from USB-sniff). I 
think some distributions will package & deliver this kind of firmwares, 
though.

> - Is it possible to estimate when this will make its way
> into the linux kernel? How will I know?

Driver is in 2.6.28, with dual mode disabled & broken. I am not sure 
whether those fixes are coming to 2.6.29 or 2.6.30, I doubt later Kernel.

> I ask because I'd like to write up a howto for myth and/or
> ubuntu users, and want to cover all bases.

regards
Antti
-- 
http://palosaari.fi/