TBS6280

A dual DVB-T/DVB-T2 PCIe card from TurboSight. The manufacturer officially supports Linux, and there is on-going development of their driver, although it is supplied as a binary blob.

Overview/Features

• PCI-e x1
• Dual Tuner DVB-T/DVB-T2 card
• RF antenna pass-through

Components Used

TBC

Identification

 02:00.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors Device 7160 (rev 03)
       Subsystem: Device 6280:0011
       Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
       Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
       Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 4 bytes
       Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
       Region 0: Memory at fda00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
       Capabilities: [40] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/5 Enable-
               Address: 0000000000000000  Data: 0000
       Capabilities: [50] Express (v1) Endpoint, MSI 00
               DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <256ns, L1 <1us
                       ExtTag- AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE- FLReset-
               DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported-
                       RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop-
                       MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes
               DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr- TransPend-
               LnkCap: Port #1, Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <4us, L1 <64us
                       ClockPM- Suprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
               LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 128 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+
                       ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
               LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk- DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
       Capabilities: [74] Power Management version 2
               Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot-,D3cold-)
               Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
       Capabilities: [80] Vendor Specific Information <?>
       Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information <?>
       Kernel driver in use: SAA716x TBS
       Kernel modules: saa716x_tbs-dvb

Making it Work

As of (2012-02-14) it is now possible to tune into DVB-T & DVB-T2 at the same time, both recorded and live, following the release of Linux Driver v120216. This version will also now compile on all Linux Kernels up till 3.2.x. Instructions for compiling/installing remain identical.

These instructions can all be carried out as a non-root user, until "make install".

• Download driver zip from manufacturer and unpack the files

wget http://www.tbsdtv.com/download/document/common/tbs-linux-drivers_v130506.zip
mkdir tbs-linux-drivers_v130506
cd tbs-linux-drivers_v130506
unzip ../tbs-linux-drivers_v130506.zip

Note: The next lines are explained in more detail in the manifacturers README: README_TBS62XY, linking to README_TBS6981

tar axvf linux-tbs-drivers.tar.bz2
cd linux-tbs-drivers

• We need to choose 32bit or 64bit for our drivers. Run
  • ./v4l/tbs-x86.sh for 32bit;
  • ./v4l/tbs-x86_r3.sh for 32bit running kernel 3.x
  • ./v4l/tbs-x86_64.sh for 64bit.

• We're ready to build; add -j3 for a faster build on a dual core machine, -j5 on a quad core machine, etc.

 make -j3

• Once that has completed, you can install

 sudo make install

• And reboot.

Sample kernel output

 SAA716x TBS 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
 SAA716x TBS 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
 DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (TurboSight TBS 62x0 DVBT/T2 frontend)...
 DVB: registering new adapter (SAA716x dvb adapter)
 DVB: registering adapter 1 frontend 0 (TurboSight TBS 62x0 DVBT/T2 frontend)...

troubleshooting

• disagrees about version of symbol dvb_frontend_detach http://www.tbsdtv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=8195

Re-installing after a kernel upgrade

• cd to the linux-tbs-drivers directory that was created in the Making it Work section above.
• Clean out the previously built objects

 make clean

• Choose 32bit or 64bit for our drivers again.
  • ./v4l/tbs-x86.sh for 32bit
  • ./v4l/tbs-x86_r3.sh for 32bit running kernel 3.x
  • ./v4l/tbs-x86_64.sh for 64bit.
• Remove (or rename if you're paranoid) the config file; it will be regenerated automatically.

 rm v4l/.version

• Build and install the modules

 make -j3
 sudo make install

• Reboot your machine.

External Links

• Driver download page
• Official support forum