On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Jan Hoogenraad <jan-conceptronic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I haven't seen any data sheets. At the other hand, Antti was able to create > a separated (tuner vs demod) driver, except for IR. > > http://linuxtv.org/hg/~anttip/rtl2831u/ > > http://linuxtv.org/hg/~anttip/qt1010/ > > I haven't seen a data sheet, but I doubt if it would be of more use than > using this example code. > My mail contacts (latest in may 2008) focused on getting the code to work > and on signing off the code. > > I'll give my mail contact a try, especially if you have questions that > cannot be found in the current code base. FWIW, in my experience, working code is preferable to datasheets if you have to pick. Often times datasheets are produced pre-silicon and aren't always updated properly with the final changes. Alex > > Maxim Levitsky wrote: >> >> On Mon, 2010-12-06 at 16:45 +0100, Jan Hoogenraad wrote: >>> >>> Could the tree from >>> >>> http://linuxtv.org/hg/~jhoogenraad/rtl2831-r2 >>> >>> which is really just an older version of the same code, go into staging >>> than as well ? >> >> Yes, but the problem is that due to shaddy license status of the >> 'windows' driver, I am afraid to look seriously at it. >> Up till now, I only experimented with IR code. >> >> Jan, since you have contacts with Realtek, maybe it would be possible to >> get datasheet for their hardware? >> >> And the above code is guaraneed not to work on my card because even >> their 'windows' driver v1.4 doesn't work here. >> Only 2.0 driver works. >> >> And you said that you couldn't seperate demod from bridge? >> Is that nessesary? >> I have seen few drivers that don't separate it in v4l source. >> >> Tuners are of course another story. >> >> Best regards, >> Maxim Levitsky >> >> >>> >>> For that one, I have the signoff by RealTek already. >>> >>> Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: >>>> >>>> Em 20-11-2010 20:37, Maxim Levitsky escreveu: >>>> >>>>>>> Do we have a common agreement that this driver can go to staging >>>>>>> as-is? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If yes, I have patch ready, just need to know where to send it (It is >>>>>>> around 1 MB). >>>> >>>> Yes, if people is interested on later fixing the issues. As Antti said >>>> he already broke the driver into more consistent parts, maybe his tree >>>> may be an start. >>>> >>>>> >>>>> I would like to volunteer to clean up the driver for eventual merge. >>>>> At least I can start right away with low handing fruit. >>>> >>>> Ok, Seems fine for me. >>>> >>>>> I have took the driver from >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://www.turnovfree.net/~stybla/linux/v4l-dvb/lv5tdlx/20101102_RTL2832_2836_2840_LINUX+RC-Dongle.rar >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> And it looks very recent, so that means that Realtek actually continues >>>>> to develop it. >>>> >>>> The better would be to try to sync with Realtek to be sure that they'll >>>> continue to develop the upstream driver, after having it merged. >>>> Otherwise, >>>> someone will need to do the manual sync, and this can be very painful. >>>> >>>>> Greg KH, maybe you know how to contact Realteck to figure out the best >>>>> strategy in handling this code. >>>>> >>>>> Meanwhile, lets put that into staging. >>>>> (The above driver doesn't compile due to changes in RC code, but it can >>>>> be removed (that what I did for now) or ported to new rc-core which >>>>> what >>>>> I will do very soon). >>>> >>>> Just send the patches. The better is to submit them via linux-media, and >>>> say, at >>>> a TODO file, that patches for it should be submitted to >>>> linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> Something similar to drivers/staging/tm6000/TODO. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Mauro >>>> -- >>>> 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 >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > -- > Jan Hoogenraad > Hoogenraad Interface Services > Postbus 2717 > 3500 GS Utrecht > -- > 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 > -- 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
