[linux-dvb] Re: dvb-ip : Which TwinHan's card is better ?

[Manu Abraham <manu@kromtek.com>]

On Mon November 8 2004 7:36 pm, olivier wrote:
> Manu Abraham <manu@kromtek.com> disait récemment :
> > Yes, that's what Twinhan sent to me. Proprietory drivers work under 2.4
> > kernel.
>
> Many thanks for  giving them in the ml. Finally,  did Twinhan give you
> any other informations ?
>
They said they will try to give some doc.. but not expecting it very soon 
though.

> > Doing the same here.. stuck up with i2c. in fact stuck up with variable
> > length replies and checksums.
>
> Ah, I don't have any problem with this.

Are you sure ? There are 2 types of tuners, the FTA tuner and the CI tuner. 
Both respond differently.

>
> > i2c is the biggest headache on Twinhan.
>

The problem is that Twinhan does not use bit banging but a prorietory i2c 
protocol. going through the code looks like some derived SONY i2c protocol.


Manu
> Right :/
>
> > I was able to have basic functionality... but not getting it to work
> > proper.. I thought nobody was interested to have it get going..
>
> And you're wrong. I am interested...