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@@ -9,19 +9,29 @@ for accessing the i2c bus and the gpio pins of the bt8xx chipset.
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Please see Documentation/dvb/cards.txt => o Cards based on the Conexant Bt8xx PCI bridge:
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Compiling kernel please enable:
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-a.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Video For Linux" => "BT848 Video For Linux"
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-b.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting Devices"
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- => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "Bt8xx based PCI Cards"
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+a.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Video For Linux" => "Enable Video for Linux API 1 (DEPRECATED)"
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+b.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Video For Linux" => "Video Capture Adapters" => "BT848 Video For Linux"
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+c.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting Devices" => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "Bt8xx based PCI Cards"
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-2) Loading Modules
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-==================
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+Please use the following options with care as deselection of drivers which are in fact necessary
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+may result in DVB devices that cannot be tuned due to lack of driver support:
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+You can save RAM by deselecting every frontend module that your DVB card does not need.
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+
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+First please remove the static dependency of DVB card drivers on all frontend modules for all possible card variants by enabling:
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+d.) "Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting Devices"
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+ => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "Load and attach frontend modules as needed"
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-In default cases bttv is loaded automatically.
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-To load the backend either place dvb-bt8xx in etc/modules, or apply manually:
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+If you know the frontend driver that your card needs please enable:
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+e.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting Devices"
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+ => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "Customise DVB Frontends" => "Customise the frontend modules to build"
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+ Then please select your card-specific frontend module.
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- $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx
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+2) Loading Modules
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+==================
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-All frontends will be loaded automatically.
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+Regular case: If the bttv driver detects a bt8xx-based DVB card, all frontend and backend modules will be loaded automatically.
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+Exceptions are:
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+- Old TwinHan DST cards or clones with or without CA slot and not containing an Eeprom.
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People running udev please see Documentation/dvb/udev.txt.
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In the following cases overriding the PCI type detection for dvb-bt8xx might be necessary:
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@@ -30,7 +40,6 @@ In the following cases overriding the PCI type detection for dvb-bt8xx might be
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$ modprobe bttv card=113
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- $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx
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$ modprobe dst
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Useful parameters for verbosity level and debugging the dst module:
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@@ -65,10 +74,9 @@ DViCO FusionHDTV 5 Lite: 135
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Notice: The order of the card ID should be uprising:
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Example:
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$ modprobe bttv card=113 card=135
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- $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx
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For a full list of card ID's please see Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv.
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-In case of further problems send questions to the mailing list: www.linuxdvb.org.
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+In case of further problems please subscribe and send questions to the mailing list: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org.
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Authors: Richard Walker,
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Jamie Honan,
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