Re: cx88-dvb modprobe failure

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Sid Boyce wrote:
> Michael Krufky wrote:
>>>> On 6/1/07, Sid Boyce <sboyce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> Sid Boyce wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Note:- This is from the x86 box, no insmod option.
>>>>>
>>>> ====================================================================================
>>>>>>> It was being autodected for around 2 years and until quite recently,
>>>>>>> on the x86 box. January 20th. and 24th., but not in the following
>>>>>>> message log. It doesn't appear in 20070410 or 20070415. Can't figure
>>>>>>> out which kernel was in use then as they have been removed, but I
>>>>>>> think up to 2.6.21-rc and the earliest I have around is 2007-05-03
>>>>>>> 22:04 2.6.21-git4.
>>>>>>>  # bzcat /var/log/messages-20070403.bz2 |less
>>>>>>> Jan 20 03:37:45 barrabas kernel: CORE cx88[0]: subsystem: 17de:08a6,
>>>>>>> board: KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T [card=14]
>>>>>>> Jan 20 03:37:45 barrabas kernel: cx88[0]/2: cx2388x based dvb card
>>>>>>> Jan 20 03:37:45 barrabas kernel: DVB: registering new adapter
>>>> (cx88[0]).
>>>>>>> Jan 20 03:37:45 barrabas kernel: DVB: registering frontend 0 (Zarlink
>>>>>>> MT352 DVB-T)...
>>>>>>> Ditto for 24th. January.
>>>>>>>
>> Markus Rechberger wrote:
>>> On 6/1/07, Markus Rechberger <mrechberger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> There is an entry for this device in cx88-cards.c
>>>>
>>>>      1257       },{
>>>>
>>>>      1258               .subvendor = 0x17de,
>>>>
>>>>      1259               .subdevice = 0x08a6,
>>>>
>>> 0x08a4 isn't in the list though;
>>>
>>>>      1260               .card      = CX88_BOARD_KWORLD_DVB_T,
>>>>
>>>>      1261       },{
>>>>
>>>> Markus
>>>>
>> Thank you, Markus...  but please don't top-post.
>>
>> Anyway, You're right, 17de:08a6 IS supported for autodetection, and is inside
>> cx88-cards.c ...  The strange thing is, Sid's original post had the subsystem
>> 17de:08a4 ( http://linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2007-May/018339.html ) ...
>> Why did the subsystem ID change between posts?
>>
>> Sid, is this the same card used in both instances, or is it a different card?
>>
> 
> It certainly is, I moved it from the XP2800+ box to the 64-bit AM2 box 
> and lspci now says.
> 01:08.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video 
> and Audio Decoder (rev 05)
> 01:08.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and 
> Audio Decoder (rev 05)
> 
> 01:08.0 Class 0400: 14f1:8800 (rev 05)
> 01:08.2 Class 0480: 14f1:8800 (rev 05)
> 
> Something relating to PCI-IDS from openSUSE did cross my mind. At some 
> stage it looks like the x86 also failed to autodetect the card after a 
> pci-ids change.
> # rpm -ql pciutils-ids|less
> /usr/bin/merge-pciids
> /usr/bin/merge-pciids.pl
> /usr/share/pci.ids
> /usr/share/pci.ids.d
> 
> # grep -i kworld /usr/share/pci.ids
>                  1131 0000  KWorld V-Stream Studio TV Terminator
>                  17de 08a1  KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T with cx22702
>                  17de 08a6  KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T
>                  17de 08b2  KWorld DVB-S 100
>                  17de 08a6  KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T
> 
> Regards
> Sid.
> 

I changed cards.c in new kernel 2.6.22-rc3-git6 to read
               .subvendor = 0x17de,
                 .subdevice = 0x08a4,
                 .card      = CX88_BOARD_KWORLD_DVB_T,

I also commented out the "options card=14" in /etc/modprobe.conf.local
Still only registers VBI devices.
# dmesg|grep cx8
cx2388x cx88-mpeg Driver Manager version 0.0.6 loaded
CORE cx88[0]: subsystem: 17de:08a4, board: KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T 
[card=14,autodetected]
cx88[0]: Test OK
input: cx88 IR (KWorld/VStream XPert D as /class/input/input5
cx88[0]/0: found at 0000:01:08.0, rev: 5, irq: 18, latency: 32, mmio: 
0xfb000000
cx88[0]/0: registered device video1 [v4l2]
cx88[0]/0: registered device vbi0
cx88[0]/0: found at 0000:01:08.2, rev: 5, irq: 18, latency: 32, mmio: 
0xfa000000
cx88[0]/0: registered device video2 [v4l2]
cx88[0]/0: registered device vbi1
cx8802_register_driver() ->registering driver type=dvb access=shared
cx8802_register_driver() ->registering driver type=dvb access=shared
cx8802_register_driver() ->registering driver type=dvb access=shared
cx8802_register_driver() ->registering driver type=dvb access=shared

Regards
Sid.
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