From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 20:44:45 +0000 (-0300) Subject: [media] cx88.rst: Update the documentation X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=55aa32feb03fadc8779fc14e94f73f0b65c4d2f2;p=linux-beck.git [media] cx88.rst: Update the documentation This doc is outdated, and contains information that it is not true anymore. Update it to reflect the changes that this driver suffered since I started working on it. While here, also update Gerd's name. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --- diff --git a/Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/cx88.rst b/Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/cx88.rst index f4e69306f64d..ac83292776da 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/cx88.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/v4l-drivers/cx88.rst @@ -1,42 +1,29 @@ The cx88 driver =============== -.. note:: - - This documentation is outdated. - -cx8800 release notes --------------------- +Author: Gerd Hoffmann This is a v4l2 device driver for the cx2388x chip. -current status +Current status -------------- video - - Basically works. - - For now, only capture and read(). Overlay isn't supported. + - Works. + - Overlay isn't supported. audio - - The chip specs for the on-chip TV sound decoder are next - to useless :-/ - - Neverless the builtin TV sound decoder starts working now, - at least for some standards. - FOR ANY REPORTS ON THIS PLEASE MENTION THE TV NORM YOU ARE - USING. - - Most tuner chips do provide mono sound, which may or may not - be useable depending on the board design. With the Hauppauge - cards it works, so there is mono sound available as fallback. + - Works. The TV standard detection is made by the driver, as the + hardware has bugs to auto-detect. - audio data dma (i.e. recording without loopback cable to the sound card) is supported via cx88-alsa. vbi - - Code present. Works for NTSC closed caption. PAL and other - TV norms may or may not work. + - Works. -how to add support for new cards +How to add support for new cards -------------------------------- The driver needs some config info for the TV cards. This stuff is in @@ -53,24 +40,19 @@ like this one: If your card is listed as "board: UNKNOWN/GENERIC" it is unknown to the driver. What to do then? - (1) Try upgrading to the latest snapshot, maybe it has been added - meanwhile. - (2) You can try to create a new entry yourself, have a look at - cx88-cards.c. If that worked, mail me your changes as unified - diff ("diff -u"). - (3) Or you can mail me the config information. I need at least the - following information to add the card: +1) Try upgrading to the latest snapshot, maybe it has been added + meanwhile. +2) You can try to create a new entry yourself, have a look at + cx88-cards.c. If that worked, mail me your changes as unified + diff ("diff -u"). +3) Or you can mail me the config information. We need at least the + following information to add the card: - * the PCI Subsystem ID ("0070:3400" from the line above, + - the PCI Subsystem ID ("0070:3400" from the line above, "lspci -v" output is fine too). - * the tuner type used by the card. You can try to find one by + - the tuner type used by the card. You can try to find one by trial-and-error using the tuner= insmod option. If you know which one the card has you can also have a look at the list in CARDLIST.tuner -Have fun, - - Gerd --- -Gerd Knorr [SuSE Labs]