[linux-dvb] Re: 2.6.10-rc2 + dvb-kernel problem

[Joerg Riechardt <J.Riechardt@gmx.de>]

Andrew de Quincey wrote:

> On Thursday 18 Nov 2004 18:31, Johannes Stezenbach wrote:
>
>> Joerg Riechardt wrote:
>>
>>> right, my frontend is mt312 and I only loaded that. When I load also
>>> mt352 and stv0299 (that are the ones dmesg complains about), insmod 
load
>>> works, but now I get
>>>
>>> vdr kernel: master_xfer: write error 0 !
>>> vdr kernel: message 0: flags=0x0, addr=0x68, buf[0]=0x2, len=2
>>> vdr kernel: master_xfer: read error !
>>> vdr kernel: message 0: flags=0x0, addr=0x68, buf=0x0, len=1
>>> vdr kernel: message 1: flags=0x1, addr=0x68, buf=0x0, len=1
>>> vdr kernel: master_xfer: read error !
>>> vdr kernel: message 0: flags=0x0, addr=0xf, buf=0x7f, len=1
>>> vdr kernel: message 1: flags=0x1, addr=0xf, buf=0x0, len=1
>>> vdr kernel: mt352_read_register: readreg error (ret == -121)
>>> vdr kernel: skystar2: A frontend driver was not found for device
>>> 13d0/2103 subsystem 13d0/2103
>>>
>>> what can I do?
>>
>>
>> Looks like mt312 support got lost during FE_REFACTORING.
>> skystar2.c:master_xfer() is also too verbose, as some
>> i2c transfers are bound to fail during frontend probing.
>>
>> If you want to hack it yourself, start with frontend_init()
>> in skystar2.c, and compare to the skystar2.c tagged with
>> OLD_11_HEAD_2004_10_28.
>>
>> Or wait until Andrew or someone else does it.
>
>
>
> Aha, I'll get on it. So the demod is an mt312. Can you tell me what 
is printed on the tin box on your card please? Shouldn't take me long 
once I know that info...
>
 it's the Skystar2 Rev. 2.3. On the tin box there is only "Samsung".
According to http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/SkyStar_2 it is a 
Mitel VP310/MT312 tuner. do you need more info?
Jörg