Le Friday 12 September 2008 15:29:41 Christophe Thommeret, vous avez écrit : > Le Friday 12 September 2008 15:18:38 Steven Toth, vous avez écrit : > > Christophe Thommeret wrote: > > > Le Friday 12 September 2008 07:51:17 Steven Toth, vous avez écrit : > > >> Hello! > > >> > > >> More progress today, 7 new patches were merged - all related to the > > >> feedback and suggestions we had.... And a bugfix. :) > > >> > > >> The DTV_SET/GET command syntax has been rationalised, as Hans > > >> requested. This cleans up the application API nicely. Various internal > > >> improvements and code cleanup related to variable length arrays, > > >> moving values to/from userspace to the kernel. Interfacing to the > > >> demods to allow them to interact with set/get property requests, if > > >> they chose to do so. Quite a lot of changes internally and to the user > > >> facing API. > > >> > > >> If you're planning to test then you'll need the tune-v0.0.5.c to see > > >> the different. (steventoth.net/linux/s2/tune-v0.0.5.tgz) > > >> > > >> In addition, some related news: > > >> > > >> mkrufky spent some time adding S2API isdb-t support to the siano > > >> driver, that's working pretty well - tuning via the S2API app. > > >> > > >> Two tree here, offering slightly different approaches, one with S2API, > > >> one using some spare bits in the DVB-T tuning fields. > > >> > > >> http://linuxtv.org/hg/~mkrufky/sms1xxx-s2api-isdbt/ > > >> http://linuxtv.org/hg/~mkrufky/sms1xxx-isdbt-as-dvbt/ > > >> > > >> (See tune-v0.0.5.tgz for example ISDB-T tuning code) > > >> > > >> If you're interested in seeing the impact of switching to S2API for > > >> this driver, see the set_frontend() func, it's a small change - just a > > >> few lines to reference the dtv_frontend_properties cache. > > >> > > >> I don't think we're quite ready to announce we've conquered the > > >> complete ISDB-T API, so don't assume that this is concrete.... As we > > >> experiment with other ISDB-T products we'll probably find reasons to > > >> tweak the API a little further as a standard begins to form..... but > > >> tuning through a clean API is a great step forward, and its working > > >> now, today. Thank you mkrufky :) > > >> > > >> Hans Werner sent a large patch for the multifrontend HVR3000/HVR4000 > > >> combined DVB-T/DVB-S/S2 support for the S2API tree. (Thanks Hans - > > >> this was obviously a lot of manual merge work, it's greatly > > >> appreciated.) > > >> > > >> What would everyone like to see happen with this patch? > > >> > > >> Would you prefer to see this dealt with outside of the S2API > > >> discussion, or would you like to see this included and merged? Let me > > >> know your thoughts. Andreas also has the multifrontend thread running, > > >> so comment here if you would like to see this as part of the S2API > > >> patches, or comment on the Andreas thread of you want this as a > > >> separate patchset at a later date. > > >> > > >> Darron Broad has offered to bring the cx24116.c driver up to date with > > >> some additions he has in his repositories. With any luck we may see > > >> these merged into the current cx24116 driver within a few days. Thank > > >> you Darron. > > >> > > >> Patrick, I haven't looked at your 1.7MHz bandwidth suggestion - I'm > > >> open to ideas on how you think we should do this. Take a look at > > >> todays linux/dvb/frontend.h and see if these updates help, or whether > > >> you need more changes. > > >> > > >> Igor has been busy patching the szap-s2 tool > > >> (http://liplianindvb.sourceforge.net/hg/szap-s2/) so many thanks to > > >> Igor! Gregoire has been running some basic tests and appears to be > > >> having some success, that's encouraging. Thank you. > > >> > > >> What's next? > > >> > > >> Now's probably a good time to start patching dvb-apps. I think the > > >> frontend.h changes are close enough for that work to begin. This will > > >> probably start Friday, so keep your eyes and open for the > > >> stoth/s2api-dvb-apps tree appearing ... and an announcement here. > > >> > > >> Thanks again to everyone, your efforts are appreciated! > > >> > > >> Regards, > > >> > > >> Steve > > > > > > Good work. > > > I've just gave it a try: > > > > > > First i tried old api (kaffeine)-> everything works as expected. > > > Then i tried new API (with latest tune.c) -> nova-t and nova-s work, > > > cinergyT2 doesn't. I've also noticed that FE_SET_PROPERTY ioctl always > > > return -1, even when success.. > > > Then i tried old api again -> now dvb-s doesn't lock and dvb-t always > > > lock on the freq used in tune.c Forgot to say that cinergyT2 always work with old api > > > > Christophe, thanks for the feedback. I'm not familiar with the cinergyT2 > > driver so I'll look into this tonight and see what's causing the tuning > > to fail. > > > > Thanks for highlighting this. > > As far as i understand, the cinergyT2 driver is a bit unusual, e.g. > dvb_register_frontend is never called (hence no dtv_* log messages). I > don't know if there is others drivers like this, but this has to be > investigated cause rewritting all drivers for S2API could be a bit of work > :) > > P.S. > I think there is an alternate driver for cinergyT2 actually in developement > but idon't remember where it's located neither its state. -- Christophe Thommeret _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
