[linux-dvb] Re: Nova-T with Conexant Chipset

[Torgeir Veimo <torgeir@pobox.com>]

On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 22:11 +0000, Derek Jennings wrote:
> On Friday 19 November 2004 16:02, Torgeir Veimo wrote:
> > On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 15:55 +0000, Derek Jennings wrote:
> > > Having had good experience in the past with Hauppage Nova-T with
> Linux I
> > > bought a second card. Trouble is the new card has the Conexant
> chipset.
> > >
> > > With the help of this lists archives I determined I needed the
> latest CVS
> > > of video4linux from bytesex.org, and the latest dvb-kernel CVS
> from
> > > linuxtv.org.
> > >
> > > They compiled OK, and when I modprobe cx8800 I get :-
> > >
> > > cx88[0]: subsystem: 0070:9002, board: Hauppauge Nova-T DVB-T
> > > [card=18,autodetected]
> > > cx88[0]/0: found at 0000:00:0a.0, rev: 5, irq: 5, latency: 32,
> mmio:
> > > 0xde000000
> > > cx88[0]/0: registered device video0 [v4l2]
> > > cx88[0]/0: registered device vbi0
> > >
> > > but inserting cx22702 does not do anything.
> > >
> > > Which other modules does this card need?, and is there any
> firmware
> > > required?
> >
> > You only need to modprobe cx88_dvb.
> >
> > Make sure your kernel .config file has
> >
> > CONFIG_VIDEO_CX88=m
> > CONFIG_VIDEO_CX88_DVB=m
> >
> > defined.
> 
> Excellent advice. That put me on the right track. Thanks Torgeir and
> Andrew
> 
> For the benefit of the archives this is what got me working :-

There is actually a simpler way for this particular chipset/card; just
get kernel 2.6.9 and apply the All-* patch from bytesex.org for that
kernel, configure and compile; Nothing needed from linuxtv cvs.

Getting the IR sensor working is a different matter; the code is
lacking...

-- 
Torgeir Veimo <torgeir@pobox.com>