Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:20:09 +0000 From: Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@hotmail.com> To: <freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org> Subject: linux cx2388 drivers Message-ID: <BAY143-W385E434CC520DDF1B7EF368D650@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <mailman.0.1197438904.68930.freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org> References: <mailman.0.1197438904.68930.freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org>
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I think I've bugged the multimedia guys enough with this subject. I have a = tv tuner which I've been trying for over a year to work on FreeBSD, with no= success. I have found out a bundle of info though. =20 Apparently there are manufacturer drivers for the card on Fedora 4, which i= s seriously outdated now, and there is only "experimental" drivers for some= of the latest linux derivatives. =20 The card uses a new conexant cx2388x chipset, a phillips saa7134 chipset, a= nd a zarlink mt352 chipset onboard- mainly because this is a hybrid card. M= any of the new tv tuner cards are using these chipsets, so if it can be wor= ked out then it may resolve the headaches for many users. It would seem tha= t currently none of the new tv tuners are working at all on freebsd. =20 The drivers in all cases use a module and create udev devices. =20 So my question is- how can we adapt these or whatever so that BSD devices a= re made? Where can I find a crash course in making devices? So far what I'v= e read hasn't been making sense, so some clarity would be appreciated. =20 Second, where can I find info to use the linux compat api to port the linux= drivers to bsd? Apparently the reason why newer drivers were not made (fed= ora 3-4 had drivers available) appears to be due to a threading issue (mult= i-thread changes?), so they should work on freebsd if we could adapt the dr= ivers (as far as I understand). =20 I am very new to this- I've been driven to this due to this stupid card iss= ue- so please be gentle :) Any advice and information would be appreciated. =20 Cheers _________________________________________________________________ New music from the Rogue Traders - listen now! http://ninemsn.com.au/share/redir/adTrack.asp?mode=3Dclick&clientID=3D832&r= eferral=3DhotmailtaglineOct07&URL=3Dhttp://music.ninemsn.com.au/roguetrader= s=
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