[linux-dvb] Re: Linux on SAT receivers

[Holger Waechtler <holger@convergence.de>]

Stramaglia, Carlo wrote:
> Dear experts,
>
> I'm new in this list so I hope I'm not off topic (and if I am please don't
> shoot...).
>
> Is there anybody that have implemented Linux on a Satellite STB? 
The dbox2 project http://www.dbox2.info/ brought Linux to the dBox2, 
used by Premiere, a german PayTV provider. Philips is running Linux on 
the Tivo, a pretty nice box sold in the USA. Early versions were 
analogue only, later they also sold a digital DirectTV version, don't 
know if they have a DVB box.

The current Dreambox (http://www.dream-multimedia.tv/) is running Linux, 
the next-generation Galaxis MHP STB too. There were some experimental 
Linux based STBs made by Nokia and other vendors, don't know if they 
ever found their way to the mass market.

Not a real STB but more a personal computer is the Fujitsu-Siemens 
Activy, this one was used as development box under Linux for a long 
time. Here you can install every mainstream x86 distribution.

> What I'm looking for is a distribution (or simply a kernel) that can run on
> ST5516 or any other DVB STB on the market.
The dBox2 is probably the easiest way to go for you. For all other boxes 
you can simply build your own kernel. Usually the chipsets use one of 
the common processor architectures, mos commonly PowerPC and MIPS, 
sometimes ARM. The main problem is to get sufficient information to 
write the device drivers for the DVB hardware.

Holger



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