[linux-dvb] Re: av7110 Registers

[Johannes Stezenbach <js@convergence.de>]

Jeremy Jones wrote:
> Is it possible to read/write directly to the av7110 registers or does
> it require an interface from the firmware ?

No/Yes.

> I want to use the 1/4th
> decimation mode of the av7110 to shrink the video window.  The
> docuemntation says that bits 14-12 specify the decimation mode so I
> thought it might be possible to set those bits in the register.  I
> have a feeling that what I'm sugesting is a gross over-simplification
> but it doesn't hurt to ask :-)

I think it is not that easy because the scaler has to be set up
differently. Much too much work to do right in the current firmware.
Just setting some bit in a register won't do the trick.

Johannes