[linux-dvb] [Fwd: Re: New Hauppauge Board] requires multiproto

[Steven Toth]

Will Tatam wrote:
> Manu Abraham wrote:
>   
>> On 3/10/07, Steven Toth <stoth at hauppauge.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> Will Tatam wrote:
>>>       
>>>> I was directed to http://linuxtv.org/hg/~stoth/multiproto via an
>>>> off-list message but this tree is 6 months out of date and does not
>>>> compile for me under 2.6.19
>>>>
>>>> Why was this branch not rolled back into the main trunk ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Manu,
>>>
>>> How are the multiproto patches going? I'm assume they're fairly stable
>>> and you're actually working on the stb0899 support. Various HVR4000
>>> users testing the multiproto stoth tree are reporting success, except
>>> the tree is very old now.
>>>       
>> the API patches are fine now AFAICS.  (did add in some additional
>> Physical Layer params as well to the params struct for apps that are
>> capable of debugging the same) Uploaded a tarball
>> (http://www.kromtek.com/dvb/mp-stb0899.tar.bz2)
>>
>> In the dvb_frontend thread, i am looking whether i created a new bug
>> or not. Probably you can take a look in there, another set of eyeballs
>> surely would be better
>>
>>     
>>> Do you plan to submit those patches for final review, or mainline
>>> merging anytime soon?
>>>       
>> probably i need to port in the changes again, since there were changes
>> in the tree after pushing that tarball out
>>
>> will need to bump the version also, one up.
>>
>> regards,
>> manu
>>     
>
> I am confused as to what that tarball is as I have just looked and it
> appears to add support for the STB0899 but does not havr the support for
> the CX24116 which was added in the multiproto branch
>
>   
>> +config DVB_STB0899
>> +	tristate "STB0899 based"
>> +	depends on DVB_CORE
>> +	help
>> +	  A DVB-S/S2/DSS Multistandard demodulator. Say Y when you want
>> +	  to support this demodulator based frontends
>> +
>>  config DVB_CX24110
>>  	tristate "Conexant CX24110 based"
>>  	depends on DVB_CORE
>> @@ -46,12 +53,6 @@
>>  	help
>>  	  A DVB-S tuner module. Say Y when you want to support this frontend.
>>  
>> -config DVB_CX24116
>> -	tristate "Conexant CX24116 based"
>> -	depends on DVB_CORE
>> -	help
>> -	  A DVB-S/S2 tuner module. Say Y when you want to support this frontend.
>> -
>>     
>
>   
Nope. I took a tree from Manu and added the 24116 to my local multiproto 
tree. I wouldn't expect manu's tree to support the HVR4000 / CX24116.

Steve