> Em Mon, 9 Nov 2009 12:13:22 +0100 > Valerio Bontempi <valerio.bontempi@xxxxxxxxx> escreveu: > >> Hi all, >> >> I have a problem trying to user Terratec Cinergy T XS (usb dvb only >> adapter) with XC3028 tuner: >> v4l dvb driver installed in last kernel versions (actually I am using >> 2.6.31 from ubuntu 9.10) detects this device but then looks for the >> wrong firmware xc3028-v27.fw, and, moreover, seems to not contain >> correct device firmware at all. >> This makes the device to be detected but dvb device /dev/dvb is not >> created by the kernel. >> >> Is there a way to make this device to work with last kernel versions >> and last v4l-dvb driver versions? > > Earlier versions of Ubuntu used to contain an out-of-tree driver for > xc3028, > that used a different firmware format. > > Due to license issues, distros can't package the firmware files (since the > vendor > didn't give any redistribution rights for the firmwares up to now). > > So, you'll need to download a driver with the firmware inside and run a > script to > create the firmware. > > For more info and instructions on how to get the firmware, please see: > http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Xceive_XC3028/XC2028#How_to_Obtain_the_Firmware > > Cheers, > Mauro Mauro, Although the xc3028-v27.fw generated from HVR-12x0-14x0-17x0_1_25_25271_WHQL.zip using the above process works fine for me, the firmware is a couple of years old now and I can't help wondering if there might be a newer version in the latest Windows drivers out there containing performance or stability fixes it in. Do you think it would be worthwhile extracting a newer version of firmware? -Rob -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
