[linux-dvb] frequency out of range - Problems

[Michael Krufky]

Manu Abraham wrote:
> On 8/6/07, Lars Buerding <lindvb at metatux.net> wrote:
>> Hello Manu,
>>
>>>> I am getting these messages using the latest available tip-version
>>>> (v4l-dvb-5bb1af77fdc5).
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> Aug  6 07:07:17 gwmuc kernel: DVB: frontend 0 frequency 1510000 out of
>>>> range (950000..1400000)
>>>> Aug  6 07:08:05 gwmuc kernel: DVB: frontend 0 frequency 1958000 out of
>>>> range (950000..1400000)
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>> In frontends/tda8083.c
>>>
>>> Look for this:
>>>       446             .frequency_min          = 950000,     /* FIXME: guessed! */
>>>       447             .frequency_max          = 1400000,    /* FIXME: guessed! */
>>>
>>> change to line: #447 to
>>>
>>> .frequency_max = 2150000,
>>>
>>> This should fix your problem.
>>>
>>> Manu
>>>
>> I did that and it looks good - at least I can switch to the channels
>> again and can grab a picture inside vdradmin, I am a bit too far away
>> from my VDR currently :)
> 
> N' joy :)

Manu,

Do you have a spec for that demod?  If so, would you kindly update the driver so
that users don't have to worry about this issue?

Cheers,

Michael Krufky