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version 1.1, 2000/11/23 01:49:20 version 1.2, 2000/12/13 23:39:33
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   Attention!
   
   This driver comes without the firmware, because the copyright situation
   is still unclear. So it's not working. We're trying to work this out
   with Visiontech, and hope to provide a working driver soon.
   
   Visiontech makes the microcode available for free download on their own
   ftp site ftp.visiontech-dml.com. They offered their own user-space (and not really 
   working without many system locks) Linux driver including firmware there.
   They removed it for unknown reasons but you can download versions for some 
   of those other operating systems which some people use.
   Install the Win9x/Kfir1 version on your system, cd to driver/micro, adjust the paths 
   in the first two lines of Makefile and do "make" to extract the microcodes.
   Afterwards you should be able to compile and use the driver.
   
   There is no license agreement in the installation file of those drivers but 
   some microcode files contain a copyright header. 
   I am not a lawyer, so please figure out for yourself how they apply in the
   situtation in which you are using the driver.
   
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 This is an evaluation release of a Linux device driver module for the Kfir  This is an evaluation release of a Linux device driver module for the Kfir
 encoder card.  encoder card.
   
Line 6  If you are using a 2.4.x kernel you can Line 28  If you are using a 2.4.x kernel you can
 from your kernel. They are included here for compatibility with 2.2.x kernels  from your kernel. They are included here for compatibility with 2.2.x kernels
 which use an older I2C interface.  which use an older I2C interface.
   
 All files are released under the GNU General Public License except  All files are released under the GNU General Public License.
 micro/kfir_micro.h which contains material which is copyrighted by Visiontech.  
   The actual new files for the Kfir driver are: 
   
   kfir.c kfir.h KfirCMD.h KfirDef.h plx9054.h 
   
 This driver is provided for evaluation purposes only.  This driver is provided for evaluation purposes only.
   
Line 23  Do a "make" Line 48  Do a "make"
   
 If everything compiled without problems try "make insmod".  If everything compiled without problems try "make insmod".
   
 Now (if your PC did not crash :-) plug in a PAL composite signal an sound and   Now (if your PC did not crash :-) plug in a PAL composite signal and sound and 
 try: "cat /dev/video > test.mpg"  try: "cat /dev/video > test.mpg"
   
 Stop the encoding process by pressing CNTRL-C.  Stop the encoding process by pressing CNTRL-C.
Line 49  mpeg1mode    - mpeg1mode=1 for MPEG1 Line 74  mpeg1mode    - mpeg1mode=1 for MPEG1
   
 streamtype   - streamtype=0, ..., 7 (cf. KfirCMD.h, default VT_KFIR_PROGRAM)   streamtype   - streamtype=0, ..., 7 (cf. KfirCMD.h, default VT_KFIR_PROGRAM) 
   
 sndfreq      - sndfreq=0, ..., 7 (cf. KfirCMD.h, default VT_KFIR_AUDIO_FREQ_32_000)   sndfreq      - sndfreq=5,6,7 (cf. KfirCMD.h, default VT_KFIR_AUDIO_FREQ_48_000) 
                  only 32, 44.1 and 48 KHz seem to work with the Visiontech microcode
   
   vidinput     - 0=Composite, 1=S-Video
   
 July 2000  
   
 Ralph Metzler  Ralph Metzler <ralph@convergence.de>
   
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