linux-kernel - Re: [linux-dvb] [PATCH] V4L: Link tuner before saa7134

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Date:	Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:56:39 +0200
From:	hermann pitton <hermann-pitton@...or.de>
To:	Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu>, video4linux-list@...hat.com,
	v4l-dvb list <v4l-dvb-maintainer@...uxtv.org>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>
Cc:	Brian Marete <bgmarete@...il.com>, linux-dvb@...uxtv.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] [PATCH] V4L: Link tuner before saa7134

Hi,

Am Freitag, den 18.07.2008, 12:51 +0100 schrieb Simon Arlott:
> On Fri, July 18, 2008 12:28, Brian Marete wrote:
> > On Jul 14, 6:00 am, hermann pitton <hermann-pit...@...or.de> wrote:
> >>
> >> #1 users can't set thetunertype anymore,
> >>    but the few cases oftunerdetection from eeprom we have should
> >>    work again for that price.
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Any patch yet for above issue? It seems to have made it into 2.6.26.
> >
> > I use saa7134 with everything, including the tuner modules, compiled
> > as a module. My card is detected as a flyvideo2000. The default tuner
> > for that card (#37) allows me to tune into TV but not to FM Radio. I
> > can access both functions (TV and FM Radio) if I override with
> > tuner=69, which is what I usually do. That override does not work on
> > 2.6.26.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> 
> Modify saa7134_board_init2 so that the manual tuner type setting isn't
> ignored. The first thing it does is to overwrite the current value
> (set earlier from module parameter) with the static values... even
> before trying to autodetect it.
> 
> In saa7134-core.c saa7134_initdev:
>  dev->tuner_type   = saa7134_boards[dev->board].tuner_type;
> +dev->tuner_addr   = saa7134_boards[dev->board].tuner_addr;
> 
> In saa7134-cards.c saa7134_board_init2:
> -dev->tuner_type   = saa7134_boards[dev->board].tuner_type;
> -dev->tuner_addr   = saa7134_boards[dev->board].tuner_addr;
> 
> I think that will fix it.
> 

this restores tuner behavior on the saa7134 driver.

I can't test XCeive tuners, which load different firmware dynamically.
Mauro was on them.

Please send the patch to Mauro and/or provide your signed-off-by.

This must go to the stable team ASAP as well.

Reviewed-by: Hermann Pitton <hermann-pitton@...or.de>

Many thanks!

Cheers,
Hermann

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