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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-11-11 17:25:21 (GMT) |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-11-11 17:25:21 (GMT) |
commit | 853041f0899177da7a47da3a09aa327a14ebd7bb (patch) | |
tree | 0db5619b95dbb95aa9dfd3cdea5416d87b7590a6 /Documentation | |
parent | e892873c5d7431324d98dfd3ed1572a2948046be (diff) | |
parent | 1d6782bda5c1fb2bca44af50647b45427d8ef4ec (diff) | |
download | linux-853041f0899177da7a47da3a09aa327a14ebd7bb.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-2.6
* 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-2.6: (35 commits)
V4L/DVB (9516): cx18: Move DVB buffer transfer handling from irq handler to work_queue
V4L/DVB (9557): gspca: Small changes for the sensor HV7131B in zc3xx.
V4L/DVB (9556): gspca: Bad init sequence for sensor HV7131B in zc3xx.
V4L/DVB (9549): gspca: Fix a typo in one of gspca chips name.
V4L/DVB (9515): cx18: Use correct Mailbox IRQ Ack values and misc IRQ handling cleanup
V4L/DVB (9493): kconfig patch
V4L/DVB (9527): af9015: fix compile warnings
V4L/DVB (9524): af9013: fix bug in status reading
V4L/DVB (9511): cx18: Mark CX18_CPU_DE_RELEASE_MDL as a slow API call
V4L/DVB (9510): cx18: Fix write retries for registers that always change - part 2.
V4L/DVB (9506): ivtv/cx18: fix test whether modules should be loaded or not.
V4L/DVB (9499): cx88-mpeg: final fix for analogue only compilation + de-alloc fix
V4L/DVB (9496): cx88-blackbird: bugfix: cx88-blackbird-mpeg-users
V4L/DVB (9495): cx88-blackbird: bugfix: cx88-blackbird-poll-fix
V4L/DVB (9494): anysee: initialize anysee_usb_mutex statically
V4L/DVB (9492): unplug oops from dvb_frontend_init...
V4L/DVB (9486): ivtv/ivtvfb: no longer experimental
V4L/DVB (9485): ivtv: remove incorrect V4L1 & tvaudio dependency
V4L/DVB (9482): Documentation, especially regarding audio and informational links
V4L/DVB (9475): cx18: Disable write retries for registers that always change - part 1.
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 24 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/video4linux/README.cx88 | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/video4linux/si470x.txt | 118 |
3 files changed, 120 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 05d71b4b..c28a2ac 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -56,30 +56,6 @@ Who: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> --------------------------- -What: old tuner-3036 i2c driver -When: 2.6.28 -Why: This driver is for VERY old i2c-over-parallel port teletext receiver - boxes. Rather then spending effort on converting this driver to V4L2, - and since it is extremely unlikely that anyone still uses one of these - devices, it was decided to drop it. -Who: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> - Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> - - --------------------------- - -What: V4L2 dpc7146 driver -When: 2.6.28 -Why: Old driver for the dpc7146 demonstration board that is no longer - relevant. The last time this was tested on actual hardware was - probably around 2002. Since this is a driver for a demonstration - board the decision was made to remove it rather than spending a - lot of effort continually updating this driver to stay in sync - with the latest internal V4L2 or I2C API. -Who: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> - Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org> - ---------------------------- - What: PCMCIA control ioctl (needed for pcmcia-cs [cardmgr, cardctl]) When: November 2005 Files: drivers/pcmcia/: pcmcia_ioctl.c diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/README.cx88 b/Documentation/video4linux/README.cx88 index 06a33a4..166d596 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/README.cx88 +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/README.cx88 @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ audio sound card) should be possible, but there is no code yet ... vbi - - some code present. Doesn't crash any more, but also doesn't - work yet ... + - Code present. Works for NTSC closed caption. PAL and other + TV norms may or may not work. how to add support for new cards diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/si470x.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/si470x.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..11c5fd2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/si470x.txt @@ -0,0 +1,118 @@ +Driver for USB radios for the Silicon Labs Si470x FM Radio Receivers + +Copyright (c) 2008 Tobias Lorenz <tobias.lorenz@gmx.net> + + +Information from Silicon Labs +============================= +Silicon Laboratories is the manufacturer of the radio ICs, that nowadays are the +most often used radio receivers in cell phones. Usually they are connected with +I2C. But SiLabs also provides a reference design, which integrates this IC, +together with a small microcontroller C8051F321, to form a USB radio. +Part of this reference design is also a radio application in binary and source +code. The software also contains an automatic firmware upgrade to the most +current version. Information on these can be downloaded here: +http://www.silabs.com/usbradio + + +Supported ICs +============= +The following ICs have a very similar register set, so that they are or will be +supported somewhen by the driver: +- Si4700: FM radio receiver +- Si4701: FM radio receiver, RDS Support +- Si4702: FM radio receiver +- Si4703: FM radio receiver, RDS Support +- Si4704: FM radio receiver, no external antenna required +- Si4705: FM radio receiver, no external antenna required, RDS support, Dig I/O +- Si4706: Enhanced FM RDS/TMC radio receiver, no external antenna required, RDS + Support +- Si4707: Dedicated weather band radio receiver with SAME decoder, RDS Support +- Si4708: Smallest FM receivers +- Si4709: Smallest FM receivers, RDS Support +More information on these can be downloaded here: +http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pages/USBFMRadioRD.aspx + + +Supported USB devices +===================== +Currently the following USB radios (vendor:product) with the Silicon Labs si470x +chips are known to work: +- 10c4:818a: Silicon Labs USB FM Radio Reference Design +- 06e1:a155: ADS/Tech FM Radio Receiver (formerly Instant FM Music) (RDX-155-EF) +- 1b80:d700: KWorld USB FM Radio SnapMusic Mobile 700 (FM700) + + +Software +======== +Testing is usually done with most application under Debian/testing: +- fmtools - Utility for managing FM tuner cards +- gnomeradio - FM-radio tuner for the GNOME desktop +- gradio - GTK FM radio tuner +- kradio - Comfortable Radio Application for KDE +- radio - ncurses-based radio application + +There is also a library libv4l, which can be used. It's going to have a function +for frequency seeking, either by using hardware functionality as in radio-si470x +or by implementing a function as we currently have in every of the mentioned +programs. Somewhen the radio programs should make use of libv4l. + +For processing RDS information, there is a project ongoing at: +http://rdsd.berlios.de/ + +There is currently no project for making TMC sentences human readable. + + +Audio Listing +============= +USB Audio is provided by the ALSA snd_usb_audio module. It is recommended to +also select SND_USB_AUDIO, as this is required to get sound from the radio. For +listing you have to redirect the sound, for example using one of the following +commands. + +If you just want to test audio (very poor quality): +cat /dev/dsp1 > /dev/dsp + +If you use OSS try: +sox -2 --endian little -r 96000 -t oss /dev/dsp1 -t oss /dev/dsp + +If you use arts try: +arecord -D hw:1,0 -r96000 -c2 -f S16_LE | artsdsp aplay -B - + + +Module Parameters +================= +After loading the module, you still have access to some of them in the sysfs +mount under /sys/module/radio_si470x/parameters. The contents of read-only files +(0444) are not updated, even if space, band and de are changed using private +video controls. The others are runtime changeable. + + +Errors +====== +Increase tune_timeout, if you often get -EIO errors. + +When timed out or band limit is reached, hw_freq_seek returns -EAGAIN. + +If you get any errors from snd_usb_audio, please report them to the ALSA people. + + +Open Issues +=========== +V4L minor device allocation and parameter setting is not perfect. A solution is +currently under discussion. + +There is an USB interface for downloading/uploading new firmware images. Support +for it can be implemented using the request_firmware interface. + +There is a RDS interrupt mode. The driver is already using the same interface +for polling RDS information, but is currently not using the interrupt mode. + +There is a LED interface, which can be used to override the LED control +programmed in the firmware. This can be made available using the LED support +functions in the kernel. + + +Other useful information and links +================================== +http://www.silabs.com/usbradio |