Re: Kworld DVB-T 210 - dvb tuning problem

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Hi Hartmut,

Am Freitag, den 11.04.2008, 23:23 +0200 schrieb Hartmut Hackmann:
> Hi, Hermann
> 
> hermann pitton schrieb:
> > Am Freitag, den 11.04.2008, 00:08 +0200 schrieb Hartmut Hackmann:
> >> HI, Tim
> >>
> >> timf schrieb:
> >>> Hi Hartmut,
> >>> OK, found some more spare time, but very, very frustrated!
> >>>
> >>> 1) Tried ubuntu 7.04, 7.10, 8.04
> >>>     Tried with just modules that exist in kernel (no v4l-dvb)
> >>>    Tried v4l-dvb from June 2007 and tried current v4l-dvb
> >>>    Tried with/without Hartmut patch - changeset 7376    49ba58715fe0
> >>>    Tried with .gpio_config   = TDA10046_GP11_I, or .gpio_config   = 
> >>> TDA10046_GP01_I,
> >>>    Tried using configs in saa7134-dvb.c matching tiger, tiger_s, 
> >>> pinnacle 310i, twinhan 3056
> >>>
> >>>     # Australia / Perth (Roleystone transmitter)
> >>>     # T freq bw fec_hi fec_lo mod transmission-mode guard-interval hierarchy
> >>>     # SBS
> >>>     T 704500000 7MHz 2/3 NONE QAM64 8k 1/8 NONE
> >>>     # ABC
> >>>     T 725500000 7MHz 3/4 NONE QAM64 8k 1/16 NONE
> >>>     # Seven
> >>>     T 746500000 7MHz 2/3 NONE QAM64 8k 1/16 NONE
> >>>     # Nine
> >>>     T 767500000 7MHz 3/4 NONE QAM64 8k 1/16 NONE
> >>>     # Ten
> >>>     T 788500000 7MHz 3/4 NONE QAM64 8k 1/16 NONE
> >>>
> >>> 2) I have these saa7134 cards:
> >>>     - pinnacle 310i
> >>>     - kworld 210
> >>>
> >>>     This cx88 card:
> >>>     - dvico DVB-T Pro hybrid (analog tv not work)
> >>>
> >>> -   problem only occurs with kworld 210 in linux (works fine in WinXP)
> >>>
> >>> 3) In WinXP, all channels, both analog tv and dvb-t found
> >>>
> >>> 4) In linux, if start dvb-t first, never scans SBS - dmesg1
> >>>
> >>> 5) In linux, if start analog tv first, stop, then start dvb-t, scan 
> >>> finds SBS - dmesg2
> >>>
> >> a) The pinnacle 310i finds everything?
> >>     It has the same chipset, but an almost perfectly handled tuner chip...
> >>     This means that your initial config file is ok...
> >> b) Does this mean that in case 4, all other channels are found?
> >> c) Case 5: This finds everything?
> >> d) What happens if you use the scan data of the pinnacle card?
> >>     Does it tune SBS? Does it just take more time to stabilize?
> >>     This can be understood.
> >> e) Just to be sure: did you clarify the open point with .antenna_switch
> >>     (i think so)
> >> f) the kernel logs are as expected.
> >> <snip>
> >>
> >>
> >>> 6) Herman mentioned something called a "mode-switch" in the archives, 
> >>> but not any description.
> >> I guess he meant the switching between analog, radio and dvb-t. This is the
> >> GPIO handling and card depending.
> > 
> > Tim must have it from when I mentioned the special case of card=87 and
> > 94.
> > 
> >>> I tried to find some data sheets for tda8275 tda8290 but only found the 
> >>> publicity pdf file from Phillips,
> >>> so at least I can see they go together, so I presume this "mode-switch" 
> >>> is coded into those modules.
> >>> But those modules work for all other cards, so now I'm lost again.
> >>>
> >>> What else should I try?
> >>>
> >> If my assumptions above are wrong, there is one other chance:
> >> Recently i saw another card that does the (unusual) mode switching
> >> like card 87. So to be sure, you might try to force this card type (be
> >> aware of the antenna inputs, if in doubt, try both.
> >>
> >> Best regards
> >>    Hartmut
> >>
> > 
> > For the Medion8800 Quad and CTX948 also showing this issue, needs to
> > tune analog first to have good recepton on DVB-T, they are a little
> > weaker on analog than other cards, but after that on DVB-T, they are as
> > good than known good others.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Hermann
> > 
> 
> Is this problem still there with the recent v4l-dvb code?
> I found a problem with the GPIO initialization and fixed
> this in patch 49ba58715fe0 3 weeks ago (The gpiomask was
> not set until analog tuning occured).
> 
> Best regards
>    Hartmut

argh, my DVB-T signal can not be split much, so I left that other
machine with DVB-S, cable-tv and the empress almost untouched during the
last weeks and without DVB-T.

diff -r 1e295a94038e -r 49ba58715fe0 linux/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-core.c
--- a/linux/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-core.c  Mon Mar 03 22:55:05 2008 +0100
+++ b/linux/drivers/media/video/saa7134/saa7134-core.c  Sun Mar 16 23:49:43 2008 +0100
@@ -960,6 +960,7 @@ static int __devinit saa7134_initdev(str
        struct saa7134_dev *dev;
        struct saa7134_mpeg_ops *mops;
        int err;
+       int mask;

        dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev),GFP_KERNEL);
        if (NULL == dev)
@@ -1157,6 +1158,11 @@ static int __devinit saa7134_initdev(str
        if (TUNER_ABSENT != dev->tuner_type)
                saa7134_i2c_call_clients(dev, TUNER_SET_STANDBY, NULL);

+       if (card(dev).gpiomask != 0) {
+               mask = card(dev).gpiomask;
+               saa_andorl(SAA7134_GPIO_GPMODE0 >> 2,   mask, mask);
+               saa_andorl(SAA7134_GPIO_GPSTATUS0 >> 2, mask, 0);
+       }
        return 0;

  fail4:

It is fixed!

Thanks,
Hermann



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