Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:13:04 +0200 From: Danny Pansters <danny@ricin.com> To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bktr problems (fwd) Message-ID: <200606130013.05020.danny@ricin.com> In-Reply-To: <200606112112.k5BLCCUI073021@amd64.ott.parse.com> References: <200606112112.k5BLCCUI073021@amd64.ott.parse.com>
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On Sunday 11 June 2006 23:12, Robert Krten wrote:
> Naram Qashat sez...
>
> > That's a little helpful. How do I determine what values to use? And
> > what's
>
> That's a "hit-n-miss" approach at the easiest, and deep study at the
> hardest. You will need to look at the tuner chip, I believe it is under the
> "can" part of the WinTVGoPlus. If it just so happens to be a Philips
> TDA6503 chip, you can use my patches as is. If not, you'll need to go to
> the manufacturer's website for the chip and work out what to send it :-(
Try to pry off the sticker, if any, off the tuner (the big metal thing on the
card). It may have its type printed on it under the sticker or have (ugh) a
sticker under the sticker that says so (use a lamp :)... And quite a lot of
venders actually have decent specs on their website. google.
Dan
> > the easiest way to test the changes? Right now, I've got the bktr module
> > compiled directly into the kernel. But last time I tried to not compile
> > it into the kernel and load it as a module seperately, it failed to load,
> > I think it might've been because of the other device lines that the bktr
> > page in the FreeBSD handbook says are needed.
>
> I rebuilt a kernel and rebooted. And rebooted, and rebooted :-(
>
> Cheers,
> -RK
>
> > Naram Qashat
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Robert Krten" <root@parse.com>
> > To: <freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 07:57 AM
> > Subject: Re: bktr problems
> >
> > > Danny Pansters sez...
> > >
> > > > On Sunday 11 June 2006 10:23, Naram Qashat wrote:
> > > > > I've been having problems with my bktr-based TV Tuner card. It's a
> > > > > Hauppauge WinTV GO-Plus, and a pretty recent model too. Next is
> > > > > the messages for the driver upon bootup:
> > > > >
> > > > > bktr0: <BrookTree 878> mem 0xdc000000-0xdc000fff irq 11 at device
> > > > > 9.0
> >
> > on
> >
> > > > > pci1
> > > > > bktr0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> > > > > bktr0: Hauppauge Model 29440 @ %
> > > > > bktr0: Warning - Unknown Hauppauge Tuner 0xd5
> > > >
> > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > > >
> > > > /usr/src/sys/dev/bktr/bktr_card.c has some interesting comments about
> >
> > (some?)
> >
> > > > bt878 based cards that have an EEPROM. In short: they've been broken
> > > > by
> >
> > the
> >
> > > > time MT2032 tuner support was added, and they're still broken. I've
> > > > had similar problems with an (old) WinCast TV card; it stopped
> > > > working
> >
> > somewhere
> >
> > > > around FreeBSD-5.3 or so, also because tuner detection fails and it
> >
> > can't be
> >
> > > > bullied into using the correct one with sysctl. I tried to raise the
> >
> > issue
> >
> > > > several times but never got a response.
> > >
> > > I had a similar problem, I had to add a tuner card.
> > >
> > > Mine was a "type 0x79". Your type "0xd5" may or may not be the same
> > > type
> >
> > of
> >
> > > tuner chip...
> > >
> > > Here's what I did to add my 0x79 type:
> > >
> > > And the line you need to add (in bktr_card.c) is:
> > >
> > > switch (tuner_code) {
> > > ...
> > > ...
> > > ...
> > > case 0x79:
> > > select_tuner( bktr, PHILIPS_TDA6503_NTSC );
> > > goto checkDBX;
> > > }
> > >
> > > And you need to add the PHILIPS_TDA6503_NTSC info in:
> > >
> > > bktr_tuner.h:#define PHILIPS_TDA6503_NTSC 15
> > >
> > > (Or whatever number is next in the table, in case I have older source)
> > >
> > > And the following in bktr_tuner.c:
> > >
> > > /* PHILIPS_TDA6503_NTSC */
> > > { "Philips TDA6503 NTSC", /* the 'name' */
> > > TTYPE_NTSC, /* input type */
> > > { TSA552x_SCONTROL, /* control byte for Tuner PLL */
> > > TSA552x_SCONTROL,
> > > TSA552x_SCONTROL,
> > > 0x00 },
> > > { 0x00, 0x00 }, /* band-switch crosspoints */
> > > { 0x01, 0x02, 0x08, 0x00 } } /* the band-switch values */
> > >
> > > You need to match up the #define index with the position in the table
> > > above, I think.
> > >
> > > If your chip is different than mine, you'll need to figure out
> > > different parameters for the bktr_tuner.c module hacks...
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > -RK
> > >
> > > --
> > > Robert Krten, PARSE Software Devices
> > > Realtime Systems Architecture, Consulting, Books and Training at
> >
> > www.parse.com
> >
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