[linux-dvb] Re: TT DVB-T and SP8870

[Holger Waechtler <holger@convergence.de>]

Hi Johan,

on http://www.archive.org/ you can still get the original (pretty good;) 
spec for the SP8870. Contact me when you want me to send you the copy 
directly.

Holger


Johan Martensson wrote:
>  > Uff, I just gave my TT-DVB-T card (that I also bought at           
> dvb-shop.de) to                                                       
> 
>>Holger(@convergence.de), because it didn't tune to any channel      
> 
> within                                                                
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>>Linux - guess what he said (translation by me ;):                   
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>>"You have a Spase SP8870 chip on you board. AFAIK this was only used
> 
> with                                                                  
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>>some prototypes; this chip isn't produced for a long time. [...] It 
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> is                                                                    
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>>currently not supported by the Linux driver and I don't know if I'm 
>>willing to spend much energy on this."                              
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>                                                                       
> Which pretty much confirms my suspicion. However dvb-shop.de didn't   
> have the board in stock and it took them five weeks to ship it. It    
> seems a bit strange to have to wait for an old prototype? Also the    
> board looks like it has been produced in a real fab, of course it can 
> still be a prototype but at least it does looks like the real thing.  
>                                                                       
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>>AFAIK Holger has the specs and some sample code for the successor   
> 
> chip,                                                                 
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>>the SP8872.                                                         
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> I'd be very interested to see those. I registered at microtune.com but
> couldn't find any usable information.                                 
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> 
>>Hmm, maybe I should contact the people at dvb-shop and ask the about
>>these boards. Depending on this maybe Holger is willing to          
>>continue/finish the work on this part of the driver.                
>>                                                                    
>>Holger?                                                             
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>                                                                       
> I'd be even more interested in seeing someone else complete the driver
> :-).                                                                  
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> Johan                                                                 




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