[linux-dvb] Re: Nova CI (or the new Nova CI Terr) and CAM?

[Holger Waechtler <holger@convergence.de>]

Ralph Metzler wrote:
> Holger Waechtler writes:
>  > Ralph Metzler wrote:
>  > > Ragnar Sundblad writes:
>  > >  > 
>  > >  > You are referring to drivers for the KNC1 cards I guess?
>  > > 
>  > > Yes, but just the CI stuff. The KNC1 DVB-S cards already were supported
>  > > by the AV7110/SAA7146 driver (though not in the newer Convergence drivers).
>  > 
>  > can you please explain a bit more in detail why the KNC1 should not work 
>  > with the new driver? I don't have this card here, so I can't test it on 
>  > my own, but AFAIK we include the KNC1 vendor/device id pair and the 
>  > saa7146/av7110 code should support it as well.
>  > 
>  > What exactly is the problem?
> 
> There is no support for it in the current saa714/av7110 code besides having
> the card recognized. All support for it was in the old driver branch 
> and not ported to the new one before it the old one was scrapped. 
> 
> One reason why the porting was not done earlier is that the tuner
> has to be handled differently but there is no way to e.g. 
> configure a general stv0299 tuner module to be used for BSRU6, 
> SU1278, or other tuners.

Well, if that's all then it should not be a real problem to add support. 
I'll do it next week as soon I have some time to work on the public CVS 
again...


> We went back to using the normal I2C drivers, added calls for
> configuring the tuner, etc. 
> This also allows us to directly use the tuner module with existing 
> I2C drivers for cards like e.g. the SAA7130 based Flyvideo 
> DVB-S card, which, while having the same tuner as the KNC1 card, 
> has some ports wired differently to the components on the card.

Could you tell me please which ones exactly? I suppose the 22kHz and 
voltage control pins?

Holger



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