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| author | Patrick Boettcher <pb@linuxtv.org> | 2005-07-07 17:58:34 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2005-07-07 18:24:03 -0700 |
| commit | 3352e432d5705aaa9b58d8d97b1ccc81eb4bc0fd (patch) | |
| tree | 37d15be1740b7b0585c676dd18f16469f6dc0f41 /Documentation | |
| parent | d590f9c20e15620ba708e5bd71d345bf1b7b0d73 (diff) | |
[PATCH] dvb: usb: README update
Updated the readme file to point to the DVB USB wikipage to find out which
firmware necessary, + minor updates.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Boettcher <pb@linuxtv.org>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dvb/README.dvb-usb | 28 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/README.dvb-usb b/Documentation/dvb/README.dvb-usb index 4dfe812ca33..ac0797ea646 100644 --- a/Documentation/dvb/README.dvb-usb +++ b/Documentation/dvb/README.dvb-usb @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ cards/drivers/firmwares: http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB_USB 0. History & News: + 2005-06-30 - added support for WideView WT-220U (Thanks to Steve Chang) 2005-05-30 - added basic isochronous support to the dvb-usb-framework added support for Conexant Hybrid reference design and Nebula DigiTV USB 2005-04-17 - all dibusb devices ported to make use of the dvb-usb-framework @@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB_USB 2005-01-31 - distorted streaming is gone for USB1.1 devices 2005-01-13 - moved the mirrored pid_filter_table back to dvb-dibusb - first almost working version for HanfTek UMT-010 - - found out, that Yakumo/HAMA/Typhoon are predessors of the HanfTek UMT-010 + - found out, that Yakumo/HAMA/Typhoon are predecessors of the HanfTek UMT-010 2005-01-10 - refactoring completed, now everything is very delightful - tuner quirks for some weird devices (Artec T1 AN2235 device has sometimes a Panasonic Tuner assembled). Tunerprobing implemented. Thanks a lot to Gunnar Wittich. @@ -114,25 +115,13 @@ http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB_USB 1. How to use? 1.1. Firmware -Most of the USB drivers need to download a firmware to start working. +Most of the USB drivers need to download a firmware to the device before start +working. -for USB1.1 (AN2135) you need: dvb-usb-dibusb-5.0.0.11.fw -for USB2.0 HanfTek: dvb-usb-umt-010-02.fw -for USB2.0 DiBcom: dvb-usb-dibusb-6.0.0.8.fw -for USB2.0 AVerMedia AverTV DVB-T USB2: dvb-usb-avertv-a800-01.fw -for USB2.0 TwinhanDTV Alpha/MagicBox II: dvb-usb-vp7045-01.fw +Have a look at the Wikipage for the DVB-USB-drivers to find out, which firmware +you need for your device: -The files can be found on http://www.linuxtv.org/download/firmware/ . - -We do not have the permission (yet) to publish the following firmware-files. -You'll need to extract them from the windows drivers. - -You should be able to use "get_dvb_firmware dvb-usb" to get the firmware: - -for USB1.1 (AN2235) (a few Artec T1 devices): dvb-usb-dibusb-an2235-01.fw -for USB2.0 Hauppauge: dvb-usb-nova-t-usb2-01.fw -for USB2.0 ADSTech/Kworld USB2.0: dvb-usb-adstech-usb2-01.fw -for USB2.0 Yakumo/Typhoon/Hama: dvb-usb-dtt200u-01.fw +http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/DVB_USB 1.2. Compiling @@ -226,6 +215,9 @@ Patches, comments and suggestions are very very welcome. Jennifer Chen, Jeff and Jack from Twinhan for kindly supporting by writing the vp7045-driver. + Steve Chang from WideView for providing information for new devices and + firmware files. + Michael Paxton for submitting remote control keymaps. Some guys on the linux-dvb mailing list for encouraging me. |