[linux-dvb] FW: Re: Twinhan DVB-T, 2.6.10 kernel, and udev - where to start?!

[<linuxtv@whitear.org>]

Forgot to copy this reply to the list......

>>
>> My comment regarding signal strength was more anecdotal: under Windows,
>> I
>> can watch three of five channels without any artefacts. There are two
>> channels that it just won't tune. Under Linux, if I run dvbscan, it only
>> picks up two of the five channels.
>
> Zig-Zag scan causing problems ?
>

Hmmm. There has been some discussion about making this an insmod option -
did that ever happen? If not, I think I need to patch dvb_frontend.c - I
came across this in the list archive:

--- dvb-api-v3.2002-11-29/driver/dvb_frontend.c	Fri Nov 29 14:16:01 2002
+++ dvb-api-v3.2002-12-05/driver/dvb_frontend.c	Sat Dec  7 12:57:45 2002
@@ -390,6 +390,9 @@
 	{
 		int j = fe->lost_sync_count;
 		int stepsize;
+#ifndef HIPHOP
+		j = 0;
+#endif

 		if (fe->info->type == FE_QPSK)
 			stepsize = fe->parameters.u.qpsk.symbol_rate /
16000;

It's from quite a while ago - is it still valid? I'm no coder!

Cheers,

Jon