Hi, I tried to make a DVB-T reciever which uses ID 187f:0202(Siano Mobile Silicon Nice) work on my linux machine(Ubuntu 12.10 x86 32bit 3.5.x kernel) and eventually found that only manually load 'smsdvb' module make the dvb device create (it won't create if just plug-in the hardware) Dec 31 10:01:29 SSD-Vubuntu kernel: [ 5819.458196] usb 2-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 21 using ehci_hcd Dec 31 10:01:29 SSD-Vubuntu kernel: [ 5819.544329] usb 2-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=187f, idProduct=0202 Dec 31 10:01:29 SSD-Vubuntu kernel: [ 5819.544335] usb 2-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 Dec 31 10:01:29 SSD-Vubuntu kernel: [ 5819.544340] usb 2-1.2: Product: MDTV Receiver Dec 31 10:01:29 SSD-Vubuntu kernel: [ 5819.544343] usb 2-1.2: Manufacturer: MDTV Receiver Dec 31 10:01:29 SSD-Vubuntu kernel: [ 5820.177202] smscore_set_device_mode: firmware download success: dvb_nova_12mhz_b0.inp Dec 31 10:01:29 SSD-Vubuntu kernel: [ 5820.180521] usbcore: registered new interface driver smsusb ** % sudo modprobe smsdvb ** Dec 31 10:03:12 SSD-Vubuntu kernel: [ 5923.043199] DVB: registering new adapter (Siano Nice Digital Receiver) Dec 31 10:03:12 SSD-Vubuntu kernel: [ 5923.043502] usb 2-1.2: DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Siano Mobile Digital MDTV Receiver)... Here is another card having the similar issue http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Smart_Plus I tried to contact smsusb module's author (uris@xxxxxxxxxxxx) but the address is broken now... Sincerely, Henry Lin <pika1021@xxxxxxxxx> -- 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
