Re: VDR and Hybrid DVB Cards ( was "HVR 4000 drivers broken - adapter0/frontend1 busy" in linux-media list )

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On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:08:24 +1100
"Hawes, Mark" <MARK.HAWES@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>> Lars,
>> 
>> Thanks for the reply.
>> 
>> Output of ls -la /dev/dvb/adapter0:
>> 
>> root@Nutrigrain:/home/digitalTV/vdr-1.7.21# ls -la
/dev/dvb/adapter0/*
>> crw-rw---- 1 root video 212, 1 Nov 14 19:20 /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0
>> crw-rw---- 1 root video 212, 5 Nov 14 19:20 /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux1
>> crw-rw---- 1 root video 212, 2 Nov 14 19:20 /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0
>> crw-rw---- 1 root video 212, 6 Nov 14 19:20 /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr1
>> crw-rw---- 1 root video 212, 0 Nov 14
>> 19:20 /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 crw-rw---- 1 root video 212, 4 Nov
>> 14 19:20 /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend1 crw-rw---- 1 root video 212, 3 
>> Nov 14 19:20 /dev/dvb/adapter0/net0 crw-rw---- 1 root video 212, 7
Nov 
>> 14 19:20 /dev/dvb/adapter0/net1 
>> root@Nutrigrain:/home/digitalTV/vdr-1.7.21#
>> 
>> As you can see there is a demux1 and dvr1 but all hung off adapter0 
>> which is presumably the problem.>>>>>
>>
>
>Not that on itself, but possibly the implications. Can you try to start
the vdr with -D 1 to start the vdr only at the second card ? Assumption
would >be, that you can use each individually, if you not filter for a
device you get a busy device on the second.
>
Have done so and yes, the DVB-T device is now recognised instead of the
DVB-S2 device (and it works).
>
>What i got from previous discussions on linux-media is, that if the
device nodes are created within one adapter, an application needs to
assume that >the devices can not be used concurrently and needs to close
one "device node group" before opening the other one.
>
This suggests a constraint in the current design of the way VDR handles
the detection and use of DVB devices in that it cannot handle so called
'hybrid' cards where two (or more!) frontends are attached via a single
adaptor without restarting VDR and identifying which frontend to use.

As already mentioned I wish to use both cards on my system and I'd be
interested and happy to help in developing a patch to overcome this
constraint. However I would need some VDR architectural guidance to
suggest how this might be done with minimal disruption to the current
DVB device handling. Any direction would be much appreciated. 
  
>> I actually want to use both the DVB-S2 and the DVB-T frontends,
though 
>> not concurrently.
>> 
>> Happy to work with you on developing the required patch.
>> 
>> If as you suggest that this is actually a VDR problem then I'll also 
>> post this reply in the VDR mailing list and we can take it from
there.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Mark. 
>> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-media-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:linux-media-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of L. Hanisch
> Sent: Tuesday, 15 November 2011 5:35 AM
> To: linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: HVR 4000 drivers broken - adapter0/frontend1 busy
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Am 14.11.2011 04:14, schrieb Hawes, Mark:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have just acquired a Hauppauge HVR 4000 hybrid DVB-S2 / DVB-T / 
> > Analogue card
>  > which I am trying to use with VDR 1.7.21 on the latest Slackware 
> stable release  > using kernel 2.6.37.6.
> 
>   vdr doesn't know anything about hybrid cards where you can access 
> only one frontend at the same time.
>   On startup vdr opens all frontends, so when accessing the second one

> this is blocked.
> 
>   Since I don't know this card exactly, what devices does it create?
> Is there also a demux[01] and dvr[01] or just a
> demux0 and dvr0? Which frontend do you want to use? For now you have 
> to choose one and start vdr with the "-D" parameter to tell it which 
> to use.
>   If there's no demux1 and dvr1 and you want to use frontend1 you'll 
> have the next problem since vdr asumes that every frontend has its own

> demux/dvr. I wrote a patch, so vdr uses demux0 with frontend1.
> 
>   http://linuxtv.org/pipermail/vdr/2011-November/025411.html
> 
>   Soon I will have some DVB-C/T hybrid device so I will try to extend 
> the patch so both frontends can be used (not at the same time of 
> course).
> 
>   It would be nice if you can send me the output of "ls -la 
> /dev/dvb/adapter0/*".
> 
>   I don't know exactly what the dvb/v4l spec is saying about hybrid 
> devices and how they should expose their capabilities but it seems to 
> me there's some discussion about this topic from time to time.
> 
>   After all this is a problem at application level, not driver level.
> If I'm wrong please correct me.
>   And maybe you want to read the vdr mailing list...
> 
> Regards,
> Lars.
> 
> >
> > The drivers seem to detect the card OK as seen in dmesg output:
> >
> > [    7.501729] cx88/2: cx2388x MPEG-TS Driver Manager version 0.0.9
> loaded
> > [    7.503174] cx88[0]: subsystem: 0070:6902, board: Hauppauge
> WinTV-HVR4000 DVB-S/S2/T/Hybrid [card=68,autodetected], frontend(s): 2
> > [    7.503373] cx88[0]: TV tuner type 63, Radio tuner type -1
> > [    7.551718] i915 0000:00:02.0: PCI INT A ->  GSI 16 (level, low)
> > ->
> IRQ 16
> > [    7.551788] i915 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64
> > [    7.564218] i915 0000:00:02.0: irq 41 for MSI/MSI-X
> > [    7.564399] vgaarb: device changed decodes:
> PCI:0000:00:02.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=io+mem:owns=io+mem
> > [    7.564825] [drm] initialized overlay support
> > [    7.579830] cx88/0: cx2388x v4l2 driver version 0.0.9 loaded
> > [    7.583007] No connectors reported connected with modes
> > [    7.583077] [drm] Cannot find any crtc or sizes - going 1024x768
> > [    7.588874] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device
> > 128x48 [    7.591121] fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
> > [    7.591144] drm: registered panic notifier
> > [    7.591174] No ACPI video bus found
> > [    7.591316] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for
> > 0000:00:02.0
> on minor 0
> > [    7.617097] cx88[0]: i2c init: enabling analog demod on
> HVR1300/3000/4000 tuner
> > [    7.702578] IR RC5(x) protocol handler initialized
> > [    7.728589] IR RC6 protocol handler initialized
> > [    7.730628] cx2388x alsa driver version 0.0.9 loaded
> > [    7.746096] IR JVC protocol handler initialized
> > [    7.749962] IR Sony protocol handler initialized
> > [    7.918601] IR MCE Keyboard/mouse protocol handler initialized
> > [    7.980484] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major
> 243
> > [    7.994039] IR LIRC bridge handler initialized
> > [    7.994767] tda9887 15-0043: creating new instance
> > [    7.994795] tda9887 15-0043: tda988[5/6/7] found
> > [    7.995608] tuner 15-0043: Tuner 74 found with type(s) Radio TV.
> > [    7.997560] tuner 15-0061: Tuner -1 found with type(s) Radio TV.
> > [    8.035897] tveeprom 15-0050: Hauppauge model 69009, rev B2D3,
> serial# 3313260
> > [    8.035934] tveeprom 15-0050: MAC address is 00:0d:fe:32:8e:6c
> > [    8.035965] tveeprom 15-0050: tuner model is Philips FMD1216MEX
> (idx 133, type 78)
> > [    8.036005] tveeprom 15-0050: TV standards PAL(B/G) PAL(I)
> SECAM(L/L') PAL(D/D1/K) ATSC/DVB Digital (eeprom 0xf4)
> > [    8.036055] tveeprom 15-0050: audio processor is CX882 (idx 33)
> > [    8.036085] tveeprom 15-0050: decoder processor is CX882 (idx 25)
> > [    8.037240] tveeprom 15-0050: has radio, has IR receiver, has no
> > IR
> transmitter
> > [    8.038391] cx88[0]: hauppauge eeprom: model=69009
> > [    8.042759] tuner-simple 15-0061: creating new instance
> > [    8.043910] tuner-simple 15-0061: type set to 78 (Philips
> FMD1216MEX MK3 Hybrid Tuner)
> > [    8.087006] Registered IR keymap rc-hauppauge
> > [    8.088273] input: cx88 IR (Hauppauge WinTV-HVR400 as
> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:03:00.2/rc/rc0/input6
> > [    8.089502] rc0: cx88 IR (Hauppauge WinTV-HVR400 as
> /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/0000:03:00.2/rc/rc0
> > [    8.090743] input: MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (cx88xx) as
> /devices/virtual/input/input7
> > [    8.092315] rc rc0: lirc_dev: driver ir-lirc-codec (cx88xx)
> registered at minor = 0
> > [    8.093521] cx88[0]/2: cx2388x 8802 Driver Manager
> > [    8.094694] cx88-mpeg driver manager 0000:03:00.2: PCI INT A ->
> GSI 19 (level, low) ->  IRQ 19
> > [    8.095882] cx88[0]/2: found at 0000:03:00.2, rev: 5, irq: 19,
> latency: 64, mmio: 0xfc000000
> > [    8.097825] cx8800 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A ->  GSI 19 (level,
> > low)
> ->  IRQ 19
> > [    8.099081] cx88[0]/0: found at 0000:03:00.0, rev: 5, irq: 19,
> latency: 64, mmio: 0xfa000000
> > [    8.112941] WARNING: You are using an experimental version of the
> media stack.
> > [    8.112943]  As the driver is backported to an older kernel, it
> doesn't offer
> > [    8.112944]  enough quality for its usage in production.
> > [    8.112945]  Use it with care.
> > [    8.112945] Latest git patches (needed if you report a bug to
> linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx):
> > [    8.112946]  e9eb0dadba932940f721f9d27544a7818b2fa1c5 [media] V4L
> menu: add submenu for platform devices
> > [    8.112947]  1df3a2c6d036f4923c229fa98725deda320680e1 [media]
> > cx88:
> fix menu level for the VP-3054 module
> > [    8.112948]  486eeb5628f812b4836405e2b2e76594287dd873 [media] V4L
> menu: move all PCI(e) devices to their own submenu
> > [    8.197600] wm8775 15-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (cx88[0])
> > [    8.211895] cx88/2: cx2388x dvb driver version 0.0.9 loaded
> > [    8.213155] cx88/2: registering cx8802 driver, type: dvb access:
> shared
> > [    8.213801] cx88[0]/0: registered device video0 [v4l2]
> > [    8.213847] cx88[0]/0: registered device vbi0
> > [    8.213891] cx88[0]/0: registered device radio0
> > [    8.215082] cx88_audio 0000:03:00.1: PCI INT A ->  GSI 19 (level,
> low) ->  IRQ 19
> > [    8.215106] cx88[0]/1: CX88x/0: ALSA support for cx2388x boards
> > [    8.220763] cx88[0]/2: subsystem: 0070:6902, board: Hauppauge
> WinTV-HVR4000 DVB-S/S2/T/Hybrid [card=68]
> > [    8.222053] cx88[0]/2: cx2388x based DVB/ATSC card
> > [    8.223339] cx8802_alloc_frontends() allocating 2 frontend(s)
> > [    8.272844] tuner-simple 15-0061: attaching existing instance
> > [    8.274126] tuner-simple 15-0061: couldn't set type to 63. Using
> > 78
> (Philips FMD1216MEX MK3 Hybrid Tuner) instead
> > [    8.279264] DVB: registering new adapter (cx88[0])
> > [    8.280558] DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (Conexant
> CX24116/CX24118)...
> > [    8.282871] DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 1 (Conexant
> > CX22702
> DVB-T)...
> > [    8.423842] Adding 1954444k swap on /dev/sda2.  Priority:-1
> extents:1 across:1954444k
> > [    8.503564] fuse init (API version 7.15)
> > [    9.184585] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: (null)
> > [    9.308820] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: (null)
> > [    9.581725] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
> > [    9.583036] lp0: console ready
> > [   14.900540] ATL1E 0000:01:00.0: irq 42 for MSI/MSI-X
> > [   20.345506] ATL1E 0000:01:00.0: eth0: NIC Link is Up<10 Mbps Full
> Duplex>
> > [   29.618702] NET: Registered protocol family 10
> > [   29.618871] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
> > [   40.210009] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
> > [  308.497672] start_kdeinit (2104): /proc/2104/oom_adj is 
> > deprecated,
> please use /proc/2104/oom_score_adj instead.
> > [  313.497259] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133 [  313.497262]
> > ata3: EH complete [  314.195827] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts:
> > commit=0
> >
> > However, VDR is only able to use the first of the two frontends,
> reporting that the second frontend (DVB/T) is busy:
> >
> > Nov 13 20:04:06 Nutrigrain vdr: [2426] VDR version 1.7.21 started 
> > Nov 13 20:04:06 Nutrigrain vdr: [2426] codeset is 'ISO-8859-1' - 
> > known Nov 13 20:04:06 Nutrigrain vdr: [2426] found 28 locales in 
> > ./locale Nov 13 20:04:06 Nutrigrain vdr: [2426] loading plugin:
> > ./PLUGINS/lib/libvdr-sc.so.1.7.21 Nov 13 20:04:06 Nutrigrain vdr: 
> > [2426] cTimeMs: using monotonic clock (resolution is 1 ns) Nov 13
> > 20:04:06 Nutrigrain vdr: [2426] loading plugin: 
> > ./PLUGINS/lib/libvdr-rotor.so.1.7.21
> > Nov 13 20:04:06 Nutrigrain vdr: [2426] loading 
> > /home/digitalTV/config/setup.conf Nov 13 20:04:07 Nutrigrain vdr:
> [2426] unknown locale: '0'
> > Nov 13 20:04:07 Nutrigrain vdr: [2426] loading 
> > /home/digitalTV/config/sources.conf
> > Nov 13 20:04:07 Nutrigrain vdr: [2426] loading 
> > /home/digitalTV/config/diseqc.conf
> > Nov 13 20:04:07 Nutrigrain vdr: [2426] loading 
> > /home/digitalTV/config/channels.conf
> > Nov 13 20:04:07 Nutrigrain vdr: [2426] loading 
> > /home/digitalTV/config/timers.conf
> > Nov 13 20:04:07 Nutrigrain vdr: [2426] loading 
> > /home/digitalTV/config/commands.conf
> > Nov 13 20:04:07 Nutrigrain vdr: [2426] loading 
> > /home/digitalTV/config/svdrphosts.conf
> > Nov 13 20:04:07 Nutrigrain vdr: [2426] loading 
> > /home/digitalTV/config/remote.conf
> > Nov 13 20:04:07 Nutrigrain vdr: [2426] loading 
> > /home/digitalTV/config/keymacros.conf
> > Nov 13 20:04:07 Nutrigrain vdr: [2427] video directory scanner 
> > thread started (pid=2426, tid=2427) Nov 13 20:04:07 Nutrigrain vdr:
> > [2428] video directory scanner thread started (pid=2426, tid=2428) 
> > Nov 13 20:04:07 Nutrigrain vdr: [2426] reading EPG data from 
> > /home/digitalTV/video/epg.data Nov 13 20:04:07 Nutrigrain vdr:
> > [2427] video directory scanner thread ended (pid=2426, tid=2427) Nov

> > 13
> 20:04:07 Nutrigrain vdr: [2428] video directory scanner thread ended 
> (pid=2426, tid=2428) Nov 13 20:04:07 Nutrigrain vdr: [2426] registered

> source parameters for 'A - ATSC'
> > Nov 13 20:04:07 Nutrigrain vdr: [2426] registered source parameters
> for 'C - DVB-C'
> > Nov 13 20:04:07 Nutrigrain vdr: [2426] registered source parameters
> for 'S - DVB-S'
> > Nov 13 20:04:07 Nutrigrain vdr: [2426] registered source parameters
> for 'T - DVB-T'
> > Nov 13 20:04:07 Nutrigrain vdr: [2426] probing
> > /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0 Nov 13 20:04:07 Nutrigrain vdr: [2426] 
> > new
> 
> > device number 1 Nov 13 20:04:12 Nutrigrain vdr: [2426] frontend 0/0 
> > provides DVB-S2 with QPSK ("Conexant CX24116/CX24118") Nov 13
> > 20:04:12
> 
> > Nutrigrain vdr: [2431] tuner on frontend 0/0 thread started 
> > (pid=2426, tid=2431) Nov 13 20:04:12 Nutrigrain vdr: [2432] section 
> > handler thread started (pid=2426, tid=2432) Nov 13 20:04:17 
> > Nutrigrain vdr: [2426] ERROR: /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend1: Device or

> > resource busy Nov 13 20:04:17 Nutrigrain vdr: [2426] found 1 DVB 
> > device
> >
> > I initially tried using the stock drivers that came with  2.6.37.6
> which is where I first experienced the problem. I then tried the 
> latest s2-liplianin- f5cd7d75370e drivers and finally (in the example
> above) the latest v4l-dvb drivers, all of which exhibit the same 
> problem. I have also tried to use the mfe drivers from November 2008 
> but could not get them to compile.
> >
> > Any assistance in resolving this issue would be much appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mark Hawes.
> >
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