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== Drivers == |
== Drivers == |
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Driver now in the main media tree, should be included in 4.2 kernel. Can be installed before then with the V4L-DVB media_build process: [[How_to_Obtain,_Build_and_Install_V4L-DVB_Device_Drivers]]. Requires firmware file dvb-fe-cx24120-1.20.58.2.fw. |
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High bandwidth transponders (>45Mbps) are problematic, eg 23.5E 12207 V 27500 5/6. |
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There is a patch for the s2-liplianin driver that adds support for the SkyStar S2. Instructions (german) can be found here: ([http://vdr-portal.de/board/thread.php?threadid=97096#post951944]) |
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The patch can be extracted from the file and applied directly to the mainline linux source. Works pretty well then. |
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No support for 8PSK 3/4. To support the need to replace the crystal oscillator of 45 MHz to 66,667 MHz |
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[Update 2014/04/22] |
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With the latest patch / driver everything is working fine. Also for 8PSK 3/4 no hardware upgrade is needed. |
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[Update 2014/12/04] |
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Spoke too soon, some 8PSK 3/4 transponders are working. Tested more and e.g. 23.5E 12207 V 27500 5/6 isn't working. |
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The driver from Custler with latest adaption for 3.10 - 3.13 by Ducky ([http://www.vdr-portal.de/index.php?page=Thread&postID=1163233#post1163233]) |
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==Compiling on Debian== |
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Modify as root /etc/sources.list, adding non-free and backports: |
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deb http://ftp.es.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main non-free |
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deb-src http://ftp.es.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main non-free |
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deb http://ftp.es.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports main |
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deb-src http://ftp.es.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports main |
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Install (as root) last kernel and firmwares |
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apt-get update |
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apt-get install firmware-linux |
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apt-get install linux-image-3.14-0.bpo.1-686-pae |
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reboot |
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As regular user, download sources for the installed kernel |
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mkdir src |
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cd src |
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apt-get source linux-image-3.14-0.bpo.1-686-pae |
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Make a symlink to help next patching |
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ln -s linux-3.14.4/ linux |
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Copy the patch 31_S2_CX24120_SYS_DVBS.patch to the current path and apply it |
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patch -p1 < 31_S2_CX24120_SYS_DVBS.patch |
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Get into the directory with the kernel source |
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cd linux |
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Configure and compile. You have two choices |
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* 1) Only needed kernel-modules |
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make oldconfig |
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make SUBDIRS=drivers/media modules |
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* 2) All the kernel. Take a coffee... |
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make oldconfig |
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make |
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Backup the old modules for the card (just in case...) |
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cp /lib/modules/3.14-0.bpo.1-686-pae/kernel/drivers/media/common/b2c2/b2c2-flexcop.ko /lib/modules/3.14-0.bpo.1-686-pae/kernel/drivers/media/common/b2c2/b2c2-flexcop.ko.bak |
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cp /lib/modules/3.14-0.bpo.1-686-pae/kernel/drivers/media/pci/b2c2/b2c2-flexcop-pci.ko /lib/modules/3.14-0.bpo.1-686-pae/kernel/drivers/media/pci/b2c2/b2c2-flexcop-pci.ko.bak |
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Copy (as root) your recently-compiled modules to the correct path |
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cd drivers/media/ |
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cp pci/b2c2/b2c2-flexcop-pci.ko /lib/modules/3.14-0.bpo.1-686-pae/kernel/drivers/media/pci/b2c2/b2c2-flexcop-pci.ko |
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cp common/b2c2/b2c2-flexcop.ko /lib/modules/3.14-0.bpo.1-686-pae/kernel/drivers/media/common/b2c2/b2c2-flexcop.ko |
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cp dvb-frontends/cx24120.ko /lib/modules/3.14-0.bpo.1-686-pae/kernel/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/ |
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Update module dependencies (as root): |
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cd /lib/modules/3.14-0.bpo.1-686-pae |
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depmod |
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Get (as regular user) the [http://www.forum.free-x.de/wbb/index.php?page=Thread&postID=8126#post8126 firmware from here], decompress |
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tar jxvf dvb-fe-cx24120-1.20.58.2.fw.tar.bz2 |
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and copy it (as root) to the correct place |
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cp dvb-fe-cx24120-1.20.58.2.fw /lib/firmware/ |
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Successfully tested on 2014 June on Debian Wheezy. |
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==Page Allocation Failure== |
==Page Allocation Failure== |
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* [http://www.technisat.com/indexe8ab.html?nav=PC_products,en,76-444 TechniSat SkyStar S2 product page] |
* [http://www.technisat.com/indexe8ab.html?nav=PC_products,en,76-444 TechniSat SkyStar S2 product page] |
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* [http://www.forum.free-x.de/wbb/index.php?page=Thread&postID=8126#post8126 firmware] |
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* [https://github.com/OpenELEC/dvb-firmware/blob/master/firmware/dvb-fe-cx24120-1.20.58.2.fw Firmware (from github/OpenELEC)] |
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* [http://www.vdr-portal.de/index.php?page=Thread&postID=1163233#post1163233 driver patch for kernel 3.10 - 3.13, this patch includes support for DVBS and DVBS2] |
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* [http://www.forum.free-x.de/wbb/index.php?page=Thread&postID=8126#post8126 firmware] |
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Revision as of 15:28, 8 June 2015
A FTA PCI DVB-S2 card from TechniSat.
Components Used
- PCI Bridge: FlexCop II B
- Demodulator: CX24120-13Z
- Tuner: CX24118A
- LNB: ISL6421
The CX24118A Tuner supports QPSK, 8PSK Modulation.
Drivers
Driver now in the main media tree, should be included in 4.2 kernel. Can be installed before then with the V4L-DVB media_build process: How_to_Obtain,_Build_and_Install_V4L-DVB_Device_Drivers. Requires firmware file dvb-fe-cx24120-1.20.58.2.fw.
High bandwidth transponders (>45Mbps) are problematic, eg 23.5E 12207 V 27500 5/6.
Page Allocation Failure
Some systems see occasional page allocation problems on module reload/init (even on systems with 1GB of ram). The following command may help:
echo 16384 > /proc/sys/vm/min_free_kbytes