[linux-dvb] Re: dvb-bt8xx and dst char major problem ? can't find frontend

[Manu Abraham <manu@kromtek.com>]

On Wed October 6 2004 9:45 pm, Pierre wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm not sure i'm doing it right. I'm using a  2.6.8-1 kernel and
> linuxtv-dvb-1.1.1 with PCTV SAT CI card.
>
> Here is what i'm loading :
> modprobe videodev
> modprobe bttv card=113 i2c_hw=1
> modprobe dvb-core dvbdev_debug=1 dvb_frontend_debug=1
> modprobe v4l1-compat debug=1
> modprobe dst dst_verbose=1 dst_debug=1
> modprobe dvb-bt8xx debug=1
>
> dmesg is :
>
> Linux video capture interface: v1.00
> i2c_core: Unknown parameter `i2c_debug'
> bttv: driver version 0.9.15 loaded
> bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture
> bttv: Bt8xx card found (0).
> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:01:06.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, high) -> IRQ 18
> bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:01:06.0, irq: 18, latency: 32, mmio:
> 0xe0000000
> bttv0: detected: Pinnacle PCTV SAT CI [card=113], PCI subsystem ID is
> 11bd:0026
> bttv0: using: Twinhan DST + clones [card=113,insmod option]
> bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00f584fd [init]
> bttv0: using tuner=4
> bttv0: add subdevice "dvb0"
> bt878: AUDIO driver version 0.0.0 loaded
> bt878: Bt878 AUDIO function found (0).
> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:01:06.1[A] -> GSI 18 (level, high) -> IRQ 18
> bt878(0): Bt878 (rev 17) at 01:06.1, irq: 18, latency: 32, memory:
> 0xe0001000
> dst: Unknown parameter `dst_check_ci'

	something wrong here. dst will not read card type from CARD. maybe a char 
major problem ?

> dvb_bt8xx: enumerating available bttv cards...
> dvb_bt8xx: identified card0 as DST DVB-S
> attach: checking "bt878 #0 [hw]"
> find by pci: checking "bt878 #0 [hw]"
> attach: "bt878 #0 [hw]", to card 0
> DVB: registering new adapter (DST).
> dst_attach: check ci
> bt878 find by dvb adap: checking "DST"
> write_dst writing 0x00 0x06 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0xfa
> write_dst: write_dst error (err == -5, len == 0x08, b0 == 0x00)
> write_dst: write_dst error (err == -5, len == 0x08, b0 == 0x00)
> write_dst: write_dst error (err == -5, len == 0x08, b0 == 0x00)
> write_dst: write_dst error (err == -5, len == 0x08, b0 == 0x00)

	Yes, will not write to card ..

> dst_check_ci: write not successful, maybe no card?

	maybe a char major problem

> DVB: register adapter0/demux0 @ minor: 4 (0x04)
> DVB: register adapter0/dvr0 @ minor: 5 (0x05)
> DVB: register adapter0/net0 @ minor: 7 (0x07)
>
> The ci is not very important. But when i try to launch the scan dvb apps
> it says :
>
> scanning /usr/local/addons/dvb-s/Astra-19.2E
> using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
> main:1882: FATAL: failed to open '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0': 19 No
> such device
>

	dst could not find what frontend it is

> The dst module is the frontend isn't it ? It's loaded :
> lsmod :
> Module                  Size  Used by
> dvb_bt8xx               6404  0
> dst                    14092  0
> bt878                   9536  2 dvb_bt8xx,dst
> v4l1_compat            14084  0
> dvb_core               59156  2 dvb_bt8xx,dst
> tuner                  19280  0
> bttv                  149100  3 dvb_bt8xx,bt878
> video_buf              18372  1 bttv
> i2c_algo_bit            9352  1 bttv
> v4l2_common             5376  1 bttv
> btcx_risc               4296  1 bttv
> i2c_core               20160  4 dvb_bt8xx,tuner,bttv,i2c_algo_bit
> videodev                8000  1 bttv
>
> Is this a char major pb or am I simply doing it badly ?
>

	Looks like so .. If not the recent changes in the CVS might've broken the 
driver. The previous versions, before the 2.6.8 stuff work fine though.

Manu