Re: Gene's pcHDTV 3000 analog problem

[Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net>]

Perry Gilfillan wrote:

> Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
>
>>     After checking the datasheets of Thompson tuner, and I have one 
>> guess:
>>
>>     At board description, tda9887 is not there. This tuner needs to work
>> properly.
>>
>>     This small patch does enable it for your board.
>>
>>     You should notice that you may need to use some parameters for 
>> tda0887
>> to work properly, like using port1=0 port2=0 qss=0 as insmod options for
>> this module. (these are some on/off bits at the chip, to enable some
>> special functions - if 0/0/0 doesn't work you may need to test 0/0/1, ..
>> 1/1/1). 
>
> This has fixed it for me!!  I compiled todays cvs, with out this 
> patch, to watch it fail, then added the line as noted, and reloaded 
> the modules without rebooting, and it worked.  I did a cold start to 
> see that it is repeatable, and it continues to work.  I used no extra 
> parameters, so the defaults are working fine.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Perry
>
>> Cheers, Mauro.
>>  
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Index: linux/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c
>> ===================================================================
>> RCS file: 
>> /cvs/video4linux/v4l-dvb/linux/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c,v
>> retrieving revision 1.108
>> diff -u -p -r1.108 cx88-cards.c
>> --- linux/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c    25 Nov 2005 
>> 10:24:13 -0000    1.108
>> +++ linux/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c    1 Dec 2005 
>> 20:56:43 -0000
>> @@ -569,6 +569,7 @@ struct cx88_board cx88_boards[] = {
>>         .radio_type     = UNSET,
>>         .tuner_addr    = ADDR_UNSET,
>>         .radio_addr    = ADDR_UNSET,
>> +        .tda9887_conf   = TDA9887_PRESENT,
>>         .input          = {{
>>             .type   = CX88_VMUX_TELEVISION,
>>             .vmux   = 0, 
>
HURRAY!!!!!

Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@m1k.net>

... I'll go add this to cvs now.