[linux-dvb] Re: Is DVB the right place for FusionHDTV card driver?

[Holger Waechtler <holger@qanu.de>]

Mac Michaels wrote:
> I own a  DViCO FusionHDTV 3 Gold card and am writing a 
> driver for it. I have modified the cx88 V4L2 driver to 
> almost work for NTSC-M. All video and tuner functions work, 
> no sound yet.
>
> I want to write a driver for the ATSC transport stream. Is 
> DVB or V4L2 the best place to implement a driver for DViCO 
> FusionHDTV?
It would be nice to see theDVB frontend API extended so that it 
seamlessly supports all digital TV frontends including ATSC.

> The card uses a Microtune 4042 FI5 tuner, LG DT3302 
> receiver, and CX23881 to interface to the PCI bus among 
> other things. Is there already DVB code to handle any of 
> these chips?
as far I know, not. But the SAA7146 and the bt8xx DVB drivers are based 
on the corresponding V4L drivers, too.

Holger