[linux-dvb] TerraTec Cinergy C DVB-C / Twinhan AD-CP400 (VP-2040) & mantis driver

[Mika Båtsman]

If you can give me a link or mail me your driver I could give it a try too.

-Mika

Marko Ristola wrote:
> 
> Maybe I should try with Manu's jusst.de version, if it works for me now
> Better exclude the driver differences away.
> I don't have a CAM module and I haven't tested with two equal cards.
> 
> Our problems seem to be similar though.
> 
> Marko
> 
> Mika Båtsman kirjoitti:
>> Marko Ristola wrote:
>>> Mika Båtsman kirjoitti:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I also tried your patch because I've had freezes since I got these 
>>>> cards. Unfortunately it didn't help me. Got a whooping 5min uptime 
>>>> before it all went wrong again. I have 2x Cinergy C + 2.6.24-19 + 
>>>> vdr 1.6.
>>>>
>>> Do you have a heat problem? Have you checked your motherboard sensors?
>>> Have you checked that your memory is okay? Air flows easilly?
>>
>> Memory was the first thing I suspected but memtest went through 10+ 
>> times without a fail. Heat shouldn't be a problem either. There's a 
>> big efficient, noisy fan in the back of the case.
>>
>> The machine works fine when dvb is watched with dvbyell 
>> http://www.dvbyell.org/ which has cards set to fixed frequency ie. 
>> card1 -> 152Mhz and card2 -> 290Mhz. At least for me the problem 
>> occurs only with apps like mythtv and vdr which change the frequency 
>> of the tuner.
>>
>> -Mika
>>
>>>> I did:
>>>> hg clone http://jusst.de/hg/mantis
>>>> replaced mantis_dma.c with the one you attached, renamed 
>>>> MANTIS_GPIF_RDWRN -> MANTIS_GPIF_HIFRDWRN
>>>> make && make install && reboot
>>>>
>>>> Am I missing something? It seemed to compile and install fine.
>>>>
>>>> You said that the mantis_dma.c in jusst.de mantis head is not the 
>>>> latest version. Where can it be found then?
>>> I have my own driver version which I have given for Finnish people 
>>> for easy installation with remote control support for Twinhan 2033.
>>> (Personally I'm not pleased with the card: now after some years of 
>>> development the card works well enough for me finally).
>>>
>>> So the most important feature of my driver for Finnish people has 
>>> been the easy compile and install and that the driver ("release") is 
>>> tested for Twinhan 2033.
>>> Secondly I have given for some Finnish people the Twinhan 2033 remote 
>>> control support included.
>>> Maybe somebody from Finland would be interested with the DMA transfer 
>>> fixes, if they have unsolved quality problems. That's a fact that 
>>> those tweaks helped me although the root cause is a bit uncertain. 
>>> Other features of my driver version like suspend/resume aren't very 
>>> important.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Marko Ristola
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Mika Båtsman
>>>>
>>>> Marko Ristola wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Unfortunately I have been busy.
>>>>>
>>>>> The patch you tried was against jusst.de Mantis Mercurial branch head.
>>>>> Your version of mantis_dma.c is not the latest version and thus the 
>>>>> patch didn't
>>>>> apply cleanly.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is the version that I use currently. It doesn't compile 
>>>>> straight against jusst.de/mantis head.
>>>>> It might work for you because MANTIS_GPIF_RDWRN is not renamed as 
>>>>> MANTIS_GPIF_HIFRDWRN.
>>>>>
>>>>> If it doesn't compile please rename MANTIS_GPIF_RDWRN occurrences 
>>>>> into MANTIS_GPIF_HIFRDWRN on that file.
>>>>> Otherwise the file should work as it is.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> Marko Ristola
>>>>>
>>>>> Leif Oberste-Berghaus kirjoitti:
>>>>>> Hi Marko,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I tried to patch the driver but I'm getting an error message:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> root at mediapc:/usr/local/src/test/mantis-0b04be0c088a# patch -p1 < 
>>>>>> mantis_dma.c.aligned_dma_trs.patch
>>>>>> patching file linux/drivers/media/dvb/mantis/mantis_dma.c
>>>>>> patch: **** malformed patch at line 22: int mantis_dma_exit(struct 
>>>>>> mantis_pci *mantis)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>> Leif
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am 14.07.2008 um 22:05 schrieb Marko Ristola:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Leif,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here is a patch that implements the mentioned DMA transfer 
>>>>>>> improvements.
>>>>>>> I hope that these contain also the needed fix for you.
>>>>>>> You can apply it into jusst.de/mantis Mercurial branch.
>>>>>>> It modifies linux/drivers/media/dvb/mantis/mantis_dma.c only.
>>>>>>> I have compiled the patch against 2.6.25.9-76.fc9.x86_64.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> cd mantis
>>>>>>> patch -p1 < mantis_dma.c.aligned_dma_trs.patch
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please tell us whether my patch helps you or not: if it helps, 
>>>>>>> some of my patch might get into jusst.de as
>>>>>>> a fix for your problem.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>> Marko
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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