[linux-dvb] Re: CAM with Skystar2

["Irek Defee" <irek.defee@ondems.com>]

Robert Schlabbach writes:

>This *CANNOT* be done. The Common Interface is *NOT* a true PCMCIA
slot. It
>only happens to be PCMCIA compatible at the *PRE-CONFIGURATION* phase.
As
>soon as you configure a CAM, it will have pins for MPEG-2 transport
stream
>input and output which are used for other things in a PCMCIA slot and a
>host CANNOT control the pins of a PCMCIA slot to emulate the CI
behavior
>either.
>So stop dreaming and realize that you will have to purchase a DVB card
with
>a Common Interface if you have a need for CA.

While I appreciate your expertise let me clarify that I had in mind
newer universal CAM's like X-CAM which can be at least reprogrammed via
PCMCIA. 
Perhaps this could also be used for decryption but maybe it's only a
dream.