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diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/README.flexcop b/Documentation/dvb/README.flexcop index 8036faa..a50c70f 100644 --- a/Documentation/dvb/README.flexcop +++ b/Documentation/dvb/README.flexcop @@ -2,26 +2,20 @@ This README escorted the skystar2-driver rewriting procedure. It describes the state of the new flexcop-driver set and some internals are written down here too. -How to do something in here? -============================ - -make -f Makefile.t -make -C ../build-2.6 -./in.sh # load the drivers -./rm.sh # unload the drivers - -Please read this file, if you want to contribute. - This document hopefully describes things about the flexcop and its -device-offsprings. Goal is to write a easy-to-write and easy-to-read set of +device-offsprings. Goal was to write an easy-to-write and easy-to-read set of drivers based on the skystar2.c and other information. -This directory is temporary. It is used for rewriting the skystar2.c and to -create shared code, which then can be used by the usb box as well. - Remark: flexcop-pci.c was a copy of skystar2.c, but every line has been touched and rewritten. +History & News +============== + 2005-04-01 - correct USB ISOC transfers (thanks to Vadim Catana) + + + + General coding processing ========================= @@ -81,16 +75,15 @@ non-static where possible, moved code to proper places) 2) Search for errors in the leftover of flexcop-pci.c (partially done) 5a) add MAC address reading +5c) feeding of ISOC data to the software demux (format of the isochronous data +and speed optimization, no real error) (thanks to Vadim Catana) What to do in the near future? -------------------------------------- (no special order here) - 5) USB driver 5b) optimize isoc-transfer (submitting/killing isoc URBs when transfer is starting) -5c) feeding of ISOC data to the software demux (format of the isochronous data -and speed optimization, no real error) Testing changes --------------- @@ -118,7 +111,7 @@ item | mt352 | nxt2002 | stv0299 | mt312 | mt352 | nxt2002 | stv0299 | mt312 2) | O | N 5a) | N | O 5b)* | N | -5c)* | N | +5c) | N | O * - not done yet @@ -155,17 +148,21 @@ working) SOLUTION: also index 0 was affected, because net_translation is done for these indexes by default -5b) isochronous transfer does only work in the first attempt (for the Sky2PC USB, -Air2PC is working) -SOLUTION: the flexcop was going asleep and never really woke up again (don't -know if this need fixes, see flexcop-fe-tuner.c:flexcop_sleep) +5b) isochronous transfer does only work in the first attempt (for the Sky2PC +USB, Air2PC is working) SOLUTION: the flexcop was going asleep and never really +woke up again (don't know if this need fixes, see +flexcop-fe-tuner.c:flexcop_sleep) + +NEWS: when the driver is loaded and unloaded and loaded again (w/o doing +anything in the while the driver is loaded the first time), no transfers take +place anymore. Improvements when rewriting (refactoring) is done ================================================= - split sleeping of the flexcop (misc_204.ACPI3_sig = 1;) from lnb_control (enable sleeping for other demods than dvb-s) -- add support for CableStar (stv0297 Microtune 203x/ALPS) +- add support for CableStar (stv0297 Microtune 203x/ALPS) (almost done, incompatibilities with the Nexus-CA) Debugging --------- @@ -192,82 +189,6 @@ Sram destinations: accessing registers Tuner/Demod: I2C bus DVB-stuff: can be written for common use -Restrictions: -============ - -We need to create a bus-specific-struct and a flexcop-struct. - -bus-specific-struct: - -struct flexcop_pci -... - -struct flexcop_usb -... - - -struct flexcop_device { - void *bus_specific; /* container for bus-specific struct */ -... -} - -PCI i2c can read/write max 4 bytes at a time, USB can more - -Functions -========= - -Syntax ------- - -- Flexcop functions will be called "flexcop(_[a-z0-9]+)+" and exported as such - if needed. -- Flexcop-device functions will be called "flexcop_device(_[a-z0-9]+)+" and - exported as such if needed. -- Both will be compiled to b2c2-flexcop.ko and their source can be found in the - flexcop*.[hc] - -Callbacks and exports ---------------------- - -Bus-specific functions will be given as callbacks (function pointers) to the -flexcop-module. (within the flexcop_device-struct) - -Initialization process -====================== - -b2c2-flexcop.ko is loaded -b2c2-flexcop-<bus>.ko is loaded - -suppose a device is found: -malloc flexcop and the bus-specific variables (via flexcop_device_malloc) -fill the bus-specific variable -fill the flexcop variable (especially the bus-specific callbacks) -bus-specific initialization - - ... -do the common initialization (via flexcop_device_initialize) - - reset the card - - determine flexcop type (II, IIB, III) - - hw_filters (bus dependent) - - 0x204 - - set sram size - - create the dvb-stuff - - create i2c stuff - - frontend-initialization -done -bus specific: - - media_destination (this and the following 3 are bus specific) - - cai_dest - - cao_dest - - net_destination - -Bugs fixed while rewriting the driver -===================================== - -- EEPROM access (to read the MAC address) was fixed to death some time last - year. (fixed here and in skystar2.c) (Bjarne, this was the piece of code - (fix-chipaddr) we were wondering about) - - Acknowledgements (just for the rewriting part) ================ @@ -281,4 +202,4 @@ Boleslaw Ciesielski for pointing out a problem with firmware loader. Vadim Catana for correcting the USB transfer. -comments, critics and ideas to linux-dvb@linuxtv.org or patrick.boettcher@desy.de +comments, critics and ideas to linux-dvb@linuxtv.org. |