Ilia-
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-MiKE Krufky
Mac Michaels wrote:
>The fix is probably the same as I used on lgdt330x. There is
>an optimization that keeps track of the frequency tuned by
>the digital decoder. The digital driver does not set the
>frequency if it has not changed since it was tuned. The
>analog tuner driver knows nothing about the frequency saved
>by the digital driver. When the frequency is set using the
>video4linux code with tvtime, the hardware get changed but
>the digital driver's state does not get updated. Switch
>back to the same digital channel and the driver finds no
>change in frequency so the tuner is not reset to the
>digital frequency. The work around is to remove the check
>and always set the tuner to the specified frequency.
>
>Attached is an untested patch:
>
>Signed-off-by Mac Michaels <wmichaels1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>On Sunday 21 August 2005 10:09 am, Michael Krufky wrote:
>
>
>>Ilia Mirkin wrote:
>>
>>
>>>If I have the QAM firmware loaded, and then go to NTSC,
>>>locking onto a QAM station again does not work.
>>>However, if I load up a VSB station (thus loading the
>>>VSB firmware), then the lock is acquired. I can then go
>>>back and reload the QAM firmware and it locks fine.
>>>
>>>The sequence of events is as follows, in case the
>>>description above was unclear:
>>>
>>>azap -r qam_chan (locks)
>>>tvtime (viewing works)
>>>azap -r qam_chan (does not lock)
>>>azap -r vsb_chan (locks)
>>>azap -r qam_chan (locks)
>>>
>>>
>>I had the same exact problem using the original lgdt3302
>>driver (based on or51132) with DViCO FusionHDTV3 Gold-T.
>>It is more likely that the problem is within the or51132
>>frontend driver, rather than in cx88-dvb, as this was the
>>case with lgdt3302. Maybe the problem in lgdt3302 came
>>from the original or51132 design? Any ideas Mac? Maybe
>>the same type of fix can be applied? I have cc'd Kirk
>>Lapray, or51132 author.
>>
>>
>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>Index: linux/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/or51132.c
>>===================================================================
>>RCS file: /cvs/linuxtv/dvb-kernel/linux/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/or51132.c,v
>>retrieving revision 1.5
>>diff -u -b -B -r1.5 or51132.c
>>--- linux/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/or51132.c 5 May 2005 20:39:05 -0000 1.5
>>+++ linux/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/or51132.c 22 Aug 2005 03:14:34 -0000
>>@@ -370,8 +370,6 @@
>> or51132_setmode(fe);
>> }
>>
>>- /* Change only if we are actually changing the channel */
>>- if (state->current_frequency != param->frequency) {
>> dvb_pll_configure(state->config->pll_desc, buf,
>> param->frequency, 0);
>> dprintk("set_parameters tuner bytes: 0x%02x 0x%02x "
>>@@ -385,7 +383,6 @@
>>
>> /* Update current frequency */
>> state->current_frequency = param->frequency;
>>- }
>> return 0;
>> }
>>
>>
>>
