[linux-dvb] Nova-T - tda1004x: waiting for firmware upload...

[Dan Robinson <dannyjrobinson@gmail.com>]

Hi,

First post, so sorry if I break any rules, but here's the problem.

I have a system built using atrpms using kernel 2.6.10-1.741_FC3, with
two Nova-T PCI cards (One Conexant, One Philips/saa7146).  The newer
model (cx88 based) initialises without problem, but the older model
takes ~10seconds to tune and will not work at all when I use it with
dvbscan.  When I look at dmesg, all I see is "waiting for firmware to
upload".  I've placed the firmware files in both locations that I've
read of, but nothing.

[root@localhost scan]# ll /lib/firmware/
total 1864
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 114688 Sep 22 18:57 BCM2033-FW.bin
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   3245 Sep 22 18:57 BCM2033-MD.hex
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    122 Sep 22 18:57 BCM-LEGAL.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   9180 Jan 27 22:57 dvb-dibusb-5.0.0.11.fw
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   7329 Jan 27 22:57 dvb-dibusb-6.0.0.5.fw
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  10317 Jan 27 22:57 dvb-dibusb-an2235-1.fw
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  10011 Jan 27 22:57 dvb-dibusb-umt-1.fw
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   5908 Jan 27 22:57 dvb-fe-nxt2002.fw
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  23620 Jan 27 22:57 dvb-fe-sp887x.fw
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  30555 Jan 27 22:57 dvb-fe-tda10045.fw
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  24479 Jan 27 22:57 dvb-fe-tda10046.fw
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  20108 Jan 27 22:57 dvb-fe-tdlb7.fw
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 231952 Jan 27 22:57 dvb-ttpci-01.fw
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 430328 Jan 27 22:57 dvb-ttusb-dec-2000t.fw
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 460448 Jan 27 22:57 dvb-ttusb-dec-2540t.fw
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 465152 Jan 27 22:57 dvb-ttusb-dec-3000s.fw
[root@localhost scan]# ll /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/
total 1728
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   9180 Jan 27 23:04 dvb-dibusb-5.0.0.11.fw
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   7329 Jan 27 23:04 dvb-dibusb-6.0.0.5.fw
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  10317 Jan 27 23:04 dvb-dibusb-an2235-1.fw
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  10011 Jan 27 23:04 dvb-dibusb-umt-1.fw
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   5908 Jan 27 23:04 dvb-fe-nxt2002.fw
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  23620 Jan 27 23:04 dvb-fe-sp887x.fw
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  30555 Jan 27 23:04 dvb-fe-tda10045.fw
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  24479 Jan 27 23:04 dvb-fe-tda10046.fw
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  20108 Jan 27 23:04 dvb-fe-tdlb7.fw
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 231952 Jan 27 23:04 dvb-ttpci-01.fw
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 430328 Jan 27 23:04 dvb-ttusb-dec-2000t.fw
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 460448 Jan 27 23:04 dvb-ttusb-dec-2540t.fw
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 465152 Jan 27 23:04 dvb-ttusb-dec-3000s.fw

and then I execute the following to load all the modules

modprobe v4l1-compat ; modprobe dvb-core ; modprobe tda1004x
modprobe saa7146 ; modprobe saa7146_vv ; modprobe ttpci-eeprom
modprobe cx88-dvb

after this I can tune my new card using tzap, but the old card (using
the tda1004x.fw firmware files just prints the following in dmesg.

tda1004x: waiting for firmware upload...

any ideas anyone?  Thanks also for your help so far.