--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c	2006-04-09 12:43:00
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c	2006-04-20 18:50:00
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 module_param(dvb_override_tune_delay, int, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(dvb_override_tune_delay, "0: normal (default), >0 => delay in milliseconds to wait for lock after a tune attempt");
 module_param(dvb_powerdown_on_sleep, int, 0644);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(dvb_powerdown_on_sleep, "0: do not power down, 1: turn LNB volatage off on sleep (default)");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(dvb_powerdown_on_sleep, "0: do not power down, 1: turn LNB voltage off on sleep (default)");
 
 #define dprintk if (dvb_frontend_debug) printk
 
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@
 	unsigned long tune_mode_flags;
 	unsigned int delay;
 	unsigned int reinitialise;
+	int tone;
+	int voltage;
 
 	/* swzigzag values */
 	unsigned int state;
@@ -517,7 +519,10 @@
 	fepriv->delay = 3*HZ;
 	fepriv->status = 0;
 	fepriv->wakeup = 0;
-	fepriv->reinitialise = 1;
+
+	/* we must initialise here to ensure that the frontend is setup
+	 * before the IOCTL interface can be used */
+	dvb_frontend_init(fe);
 
 	while (1) {
 		up(&fepriv->sem);	    /* is locked when we enter the thread... */
@@ -537,6 +542,12 @@
 
 		if (fepriv->reinitialise) {
 			dvb_frontend_init(fe);
+			if (fepriv->tone != -1) {
+				fe->ops->set_tone(fe, fepriv->tone);
+			}
+			if (fepriv->voltage != -1) {
+				fe->ops->set_voltage(fe, fepriv->voltage);
+			}
 			fepriv->reinitialise = 0;
 		}
 
@@ -788,6 +799,7 @@
 	case FE_SET_TONE:
 		if (fe->ops->set_tone) {
 			err = fe->ops->set_tone(fe, (fe_sec_tone_mode_t) parg);
+			fepriv->tone = (fe_sec_tone_mode_t) parg;
 			fepriv->state = FESTATE_DISEQC;
 			fepriv->status = 0;
 		}
@@ -796,6 +808,7 @@
 	case FE_SET_VOLTAGE:
 		if (fe->ops->set_voltage) {
 			err = fe->ops->set_voltage(fe, (fe_sec_voltage_t) parg);
+			fepriv->voltage = (fe_sec_voltage_t) parg;
 			fepriv->state = FESTATE_DISEQC;
 			fepriv->status = 0;
 		}
@@ -995,6 +1008,8 @@
 
 		/* normal tune mode when opened R/W */
 		fepriv->tune_mode_flags &= ~FE_TUNE_MODE_ONESHOT;
+		fepriv->tone = -1;
+		fepriv->voltage = -1;
 	}
 
 	return ret;