Re: KFIR-2 driver

[Frank Rosengart <rosengart@convergence.de>]

Jan Nielsen wrote:
> 
> Hi Frank,
> 
> Thanks a lot for your prompt reply.
> 
> >
> > Jan Nielsen wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have just come across your KFIR2 driver which interest me greatly.
> >
> > careful: Our driver is for the KFIR1 chip. There is no page about this
> > chip on visiontech's website.
> 
> Okaaay, do you know if there is some more information about this chip
> somewhere ? I looked over the KFIR2 and KFIR2-A chips and saw a nice fit
> with our needs. However, it might very well be that the KFIR-1 chip
> could suit us as well (we are mostly in the MPEG-1 business, but are
> looking for an upgrade path to MPEG-2 and later on to MPEG-4).

Kfir-2 is a successor of KFIR-1. Means more integration and some nice
more features like AC3.
But for you needs the KFIR-1 is ok.

> > You need to download the windows driver from their website, unpack them
> > and copy the microcode to your linux system ;-)
> 
> I have been seeking holes in the ground looking for the windows driver
> but without success. Do you have a ref ? By the way, I assume that you
> guys have had access to the detailed data sheet etc for the KFIR-1 chip.

stay tuned. We will release a small shell script for converting the
windows stuff.


regards
Frank


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