Re: commit 9344:aa3a67b658e8 (DVB-Core update) breaks tuning of cx24123

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@Mauro:

Please pull in this patch.

On Montag, 27. Oktober 2008, Matthias Schwarzott wrote:
> On Montag, 27. Oktober 2008, Manu Abraham wrote:
> > Matthias Schwarzott wrote:
> > > Hi Manu, hi Steven!
> > >
> > > It seems an update of dvb-core breaks tuning of cx24123.
> > > After updating to latest v4l-dvb the nova-s plus card just did no
> > > longer lock to any channel. So I bisected it, and found this commit:
> > >
> > > changeset:   9344:aa3a67b658e8
> > > parent:      9296:e2a8b9b9c294
> > > user:        Manu Abraham <manu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > date:        Tue Oct 14 23:34:07 2008 +0400
> > > summary:     DVB-Core update
> > >
> > > http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb/rev/aa3a67b658e8
> > >
> > > It basically did update the dvb-kernel-thread and enhanced the code
> > > using get_frontend_algo.
> > >
> > > The codepath when get_frontend_algo returns *_ALGO_HW stayed the same,
> > > only one line got removed: params = &fepriv->parameter
> > >
> > > Just re-adding that line made my card working again. Either this was
> > > lost, or the last two lines using "params" should also be converted to
> > > directly use "&fepriv->parameters".
> >
> > True. In the port, the one line got missed out. Thanks for taking the
> > time to look at it.
> >
> > BTW, i don't see any reason why cx24123 should be using HW_ALGO as it is
> > a standard demodulator. When we have a dedicated microcontroller
> > employed to do that check, we might like to use HW_ALGO, since it would
> > simply handle it. Not in the case of standard demodulators. As an
> > example i could say cinergyT2, dst etc would be candidates for HW_ALGO,
> > where tuning is offloaded to a onboard microcontroller.
>
> I dont have much insight in what these algo settings do. Only idea I have
> about this is: cx24123 may not need software zigzag.
> If that gives a larger gain in lock-speed, then mt312 may also be a
> candidate for ALGO_HW as it can lock to signals not exactly centered to the
> IF. But I doubt, as that hw then should lock at the first try and not even
> trigger zigzag steps.
>
> > But overall, the fix looks fine though, for the devices that make use of
> > HW_ALGO
> >
> >
> > Please do have a Signed-off-by line so that it can be applied.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthias Schwarzott <zzam@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > Reviewed-by: Manu Abraham <manu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Manu
> >
> > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >-
> > >
> > > --- v4l-dvb.orig/linux/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
> > > +++ v4l-dvb/linux/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
> > > @@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ restart:
> > >
> > >  				if (fepriv->state & FESTATE_RETUNE) {
> > >  					dprintk("%s: Retune requested, FESTATE_RETUNE\n", __func__);
> > > +					params = &fepriv->parameters;
> > >  					fepriv->state = FESTATE_TUNED;
> > >  				}
>

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