[linux-dvb] Re: [PATCH] Re: Typhoon/budget*

[Kenneth Aafløy <ke-aa@frisurf.no>]

Hi,
On Friday 19 March 2004 18:18, Johannes Stezenbach wrote:
> Kenneth Aafløy wrote:
> > On Thursday 18 March 2004 18:18, Johannes Stezenbach wrote:
> > > Kenneth Aafløy wrote:
> > > > I get an oops because of the fact that the card does not have the av
> > > > saa7146 extension. The attached patch named typhoon.diff fixes this
> > > > problem, but i'm unsure if i've if'ed out too much or too little of
> > > > the code if the av extension is not found.
> > >
> > > I've not much experience with the budget drivers, but to me this
> > > patch looks OK.
> >
> > Cool ,any chance it'll get committed then? :)
>
> Done.

Thanks!

> I tested the stv0299 driver briefly to see if it still works
> with my TT Nova-S card (it does).

That's good to hear, hope it does not break other frontends.
Does it also turn off LNB power on your card (and restore properly)?

> I also have some doubts if 
> this test in stv0299.c is adequate to detect Typhoon hardware:
>
>   if ( strcmp(adapter->name, "KNC1 DVB-S") == 0

I wonder if it would be acceptable to do a bttv approach to the problem, and 
handle all budget models with a 'card=cardid[[,cardid]...]' module parameter?

> Anyway, I'm sure you'll fix it if it causes problems ;-)

Yea, sure I will!

Maybe Ralph has some insight into wether it breaks the original KNC1 card?

-- 

Kenneth
ke-aa@frisurf.no


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