On Mon, 2010-12-06 at 16:43 -0500, Alex Deucher wrote: > 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. I completely agree with that. however I miss few things in IR code (it works with protocols the driver in-house decoding supports but fails for others.) And few other things. Sure like I said, I can manage without them. But if I had datasheets in addition to working code, it would be better. Best regards, Maxim Levitsky > > 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
