[linux-dvb] SkyStar2 reporting unknown FlexCop revision

[Pavel Paprok]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Boettcher" <patrick.boettcher at desy.de>
To: "Pavel Paprok" <ppaprok at applet.cz>
Cc: <linux-dvb at linuxtv.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] SkyStar2 reporting unknown FlexCop revision


> Hi Pavel,
>
> On Thu, 19 Jan 2006, Pavel Paprok wrote:
>> I just try my first sat card, it is a SkyStar2, on card is printed 
>> exactly:
>>
>> MODEL: SKYSTAR 2
>> P/N 92105-20003
>> REV: 2.6C
>>
>> unfortunatelly in lastest 2.6 kernel (exactly 2.6.15 vanilla without any 
>> extra patches)
>> card seems to not work, b2c2 driver reporting in log:
>>
>> Jan 18 19:06:42 dvb kernel: b2c2-flexcop: B2C2 FlexcopII/II(b)/III 
>> digital TV receiver chip loaded successfully
>> Jan 18 19:06:42 dvb kernel: flexcop-pci: will use the HW PID filter.
>> Jan 18 19:06:42 dvb kernel: flexcop-pci: card revision 1
>> Jan 18 19:06:42 dvb kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:05.0[A] -> GSI 17 
>> (level, low) -> IRQ 185
>> Jan 18 19:06:42 dvb kernel: b2c2-flexcop: unkown FlexCop Revision: f. 
>> Please report the linux-dvb at linuxtv.org.
>
> On which platform you are using the flexcop-driver? PPC or (normal) PC? 
> Most likely your card is broken. To be sure that it is not a driver 
> problem, you should try it in windows.

PC, Pentium4, 3GHz, Intel desktop board D865GBF,
this card was a working in Win but it was in some months ago
and in other pc...   maybe I should try it in Win now again :-(

>
>> Jan 18 19:06:42 dvb kernel: DVB: registering new adapter (FlexCop Digital 
>> TV device).
>> Jan 18 19:06:42 dvb kernel: b2c2-flexcop: reading of MAC address failed.
>> Jan 18 19:06:42 dvb kernel:
>> Jan 18 19:06:42 dvb kernel: b2c2-flexcop: i2c master_xfer failed
>> Jan 18 19:06:42 dvb last message repeated 2 times
>> Jan 18 19:06:42 dvb kernel: mt352_read_register: readreg error (reg=127, 
>> ret==-121)
>> Jan 18 19:06:42 dvb kernel: b2c2-flexcop: i2c master_xfer failed
>> Jan 18 19:06:42 dvb kernel: i2c_readbytes: i2c read error (addr 0a, err 
>> == -121)
>> Jan 18 19:06:42 dvb kernel: b2c2-flexcop: i2c master_xfer failed
>> Jan 18 19:06:42 dvb kernel: lgdt330x: i2c_read_demod_bytes: addr 0x59 
>> select 0x02 error (ret == -121)
>> Jan 18 19:06:42 dvb kernel: b2c2-flexcop: i2c master_xfer failed
>> Jan 18 19:06:42 dvb kernel: b2c2-flexcop: i2c master_xfer failed
>> Jan 18 19:06:42 dvb kernel: stv0297_readreg: readreg error (reg == 0x80, 
>> ret == -22)
>> Jan 18 19:06:42 dvb kernel: b2c2-flexcop: i2c master_xfer failed
>> Jan 18 19:06:42 dvb kernel: mt312_read: ret == -121
>> Jan 18 19:06:42 dvb kernel: b2c2-flexcop: no frontend driver found for 
>> this B2C2/FlexCop adapter
>
> That there is not frontend found (and thus a lot of i2c-errors) also 
> indicates that the card is broken.
>
> I'm sorry,
> Patrick.
>
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