[linux-dvb] Re: Universal STV0299/TSA5059 frontend driver

[Holger Waechtler <holger@convergence.de>]

Peter Schildmann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 12:00:28PM +0100, Holger Waechtler wrote:
> 
>>We have to implement some autoprobing as you can see it in ves1820.c.
> 
> 
> The only possibility is to use the I2C address of the TSA5059
> for autoprobing - not a good solution. But I suppose that
> all boards with an identical subsystem ID are equipped with
> the same frontend. If so we can "detect" the frontend by means
> of the subsystem ID.

no, it's the opposite way: There are some cards with the same subsystem 
id but different frontends out there, so we have to use the i2c 
addresses to perform this probing - that's the only 'machine-visible' 
difference between the LG, the Alps and the Philips-frontends based on 
the stv0299.

Holger



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