Philips TDA10045

A DSP-based DVB-T Demodulator produced by Philips Semiconductor. Superceeded by the TDA10046.

Documentation is available only when signing an NDA. The Linux driver was written after analyzing the Windows driver and thus can't easily get better than the Windows driver.

Kernel Config

For 2.6.11 (?? could be less) and above go to:

-> Device Drivers
  -> Multimedia devices
     -> Digital Video Broadcasting Devices

Select

-> DVB For Linux (DVB)
  -> DVB Core Support (DVB_CORE)
    -> Budget cards (DVB_BUDGET)
    -> Customise DVB Frontends
      -> Philips TDA10045H/TDA10046H based (DVB_TDA1004X)

Requires a firmware to work. You need to run a script that comes with the kernel source (it downloads the windows driver and peels out the code). Then, each time the machine is booted, the firmware is loaded into the card to make it work. See the Firmware page for instructions.