[linux-dvb] VP1032 + Cryptoworks

[Manu Abraham]

David Santinoli wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 02:24:41AM +0400, Manu Abraham wrote:
>> David Santinoli wrote:
>>> I've got a VP1032 CI card (PCI id 1822:0001), a Cryptoworks module
>>> by SCM, and a regular JSTV (Japanese satellite TV) subscription, but
>>> after 5 minutes or so decryption stops working with a "Received
>>> short data" from the tuner app.  Is it a known issue of this card
>>> and/or module?
>> After getting this message, what does the app_info option of dst test
>> say ?
> 
> Here's the timeline:
> 
>   santinod at romilda:~$ zap -channels ~/.szap/channels.conf 'JSTV1'
>   Using frontend "DST DVB-S", type DVB-S
>   CAM Application type: 01
>   CAM Application manufacturer: d000
>   CAM Manufacturer code: 0000
>   CAM Menu string: CryptoWorks
>   CAM supports the following ca system ids:
>   Problem retrieving frontend information: Operation not supported
>   status SCVYL | signal 3000 | snr 168d | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK
>   Received new PMT - sending to CAM...
>   
>   [descrambling works OK for a few minutes, then breaks, and this
>   message appears:]
> 
>   en50221_app_ai_parse_app_info: Received short data
> 
>   [same message repeated ~20 times, then:]
> 

I think, it could be that the stack at some point sends some junk to the device, 
thereby causing the device to go crazy. Please do not that the library is divided 
into 2 parts , the High Level and the Low Level API's . In this case the Low level 
API part in the library might be sending junk, thereby causing the breakage, also 
it could be the hardware, but something like a few minutes doesn't seem to be 
a hardware issue. 

This requires quite a bit as to what messages are sent to the driver. Also possible
is a bug in the driver, which can't be ruled out either.

Regards,
Manu