[linux-dvb] Re: dvb-bt8xx and dst char major problem ? can't find frontend FO UND WHERE IT COMES FROM !

[Manu Abraham <manu@kromtek.com>]

On Thu November 11 2004 10:25 pm, Jake L. Wegman wrote:
> Ok, more information; in my original message, I had stated that I was using
> the (10/8/04) CVS dvb-kernel - that was a typo, I had intended to state
> that it was the (11/08/04) CVS dvb-kernel (on kernel 2.6.10-rc1-bk12).
>
> (As the smarter people than I have implied, the kernel 2.6.10-rc1-bk12's
> i2c may be "broken" in regards to the dst frontend?)
>
> Today, I compiled that same (11/8/04) CVS dvb-kernel in the
> gentoo-dev-sources 2.6.9-r3 kernel and the DST module is loading correctly
> as follows (also included is the failing CVS dvb-kernel on 2.6.10-rc1-bk12
> with dst module loading with dst_debug=1):
>
> --CVS (11/8/04) dvb-kernel, gentoo-dev-sources 2.6.9-r1---
> 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 0000:00:0a.0[A] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
> bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:00:0a.0, irq: 10, latency: 32, mmio:
> 0xdc9fe000
> bttv0: using: Twinhan DST + clones [card=113,insmod option]
> bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00f207fe [init]
> bttv0: using tuner=4
> tuner: Ignoring new-style parameters in presence of obsolete ones
> bttv0: add subdevice "dvb0"
> bt878: AUDIO driver version 0.0.0 loaded
> bt878: Bt878 AUDIO function found (0).
> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:0a.1[A] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
> bt878(0): Bt878 (rev 17) at 00:0a.1, irq: 10, latency: 32, memory:
> 0xdc9ff000
> DVB: registering new adapter (bttv0).
> dst_check_ci: recognize DST-MOT
> DST type : satellite
> DST type flags : 0x4 symdiv
> DVB: registering frontend 1 (DST DVB-S)...
> --end--
>
You have a DST MOT card. This card has a FTA tuner that uses fixed length 
packets, and normally no problems till now. I will try whether i can recreate 
the same problem on my machine.

As i'm not using 2.6.7 and an older CVS bear with me for the delay till i can 
dig into the problem.

Manu

> --CVS (11/8/04) dvb-kernel, 2.6.10-rc1-bk12---
> Linux video capture interface: v1.00
> 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 0000:00:0a.0[A] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
> bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:00:0a.0, irq: 10, latency: 32, mmio:
> 0xdc9fe000
> bttv0: using: Twinhan DST + clones [card=113,insmod option]
> bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=00f239fe [init]
> bttv0: using tuner=4
> tuner: Ignoring new-style parameters in presence of obsolete ones
> bttv0: add subdevice "dvb0"
> bt878: AUDIO driver version 0.0.0 loaded
> bt878: Bt878 AUDIO function found (0).
> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:0a.1[A] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
> bt878(0): Bt878 (rev 17) at 00:0a.1, irq: 10, latency: 32, memory:
> 0xdc9ff000
> DVB: registering new adapter (bttv0).
> 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)
> dst_check_ci: write not successful, maybe no card?
> dvb-bt8xx: A frontend driver was not found for device 109e/0878 subsystem
> 0000/0000
> --end--
>
> regards,
> Jake