[linux-dvb] Re: dvb-kernel doesn't initialize secondary card

[Oliver Endriss <o.endriss@gmx.de>]

On Friday 26 September 2003 18:19, Holger Waechtler wrote:
> Oliver Endriss wrote:
> > On Friday 26 September 2003 00:25, Oliver Endriss wrote:
> > 
> >>On Thursday 25 September 2003 12:51, Martin Holst wrote:
> >>
> >>>I've read sth in the ML-archive, that the Grundig-frontend had a similar
> >>>problem. While reloading that frontend the chip/card/whatever is
> >>>powered down and so can't initialize while insmoding. 
> >>>Is this behaviour in all frontends? (in the dvb-kernel-tree)
> >>
> >>Maybe! If you load dvb-core with parameter 'dvb_shutdown_timeout=0',
> >>the problem is gone!
> > 
> > 
> > Update:
> > | Sep 26 00:52:01 orion kernel: uni0299_attach: id == 0x00
> > Obviously, the id register of the stv0299 cannot be read in standby
> > mode!
> 
> Hmmm, you are right -- for tuner modules that use non-default i2c timing 
> values you have to rewrite this register before probing. Can you please 
> test if this helps and prepare a patch?

Fixed in dvb-kernel CVS. It does not hurt to clear standby mode before
reading the id register,  as probe_tuner() does this anyway...

Oliver



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