From 6aadf82eb830cf2622f8803fd7f0414299e246d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tobias Lorenz Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:48:27 -0300 Subject: V4L/DVB (9482): Documentation, especially regarding audio and informational links This patch adds a recommendation to select SND_USB_AUDIO for listing and adds a documentation file for si470x. Signed-off-by: Tobias Lorenz Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --- drivers/media/radio/Kconfig | 14 ++++++++++++++ drivers/media/radio/radio-si470x.c | 13 ------------- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers') diff --git a/drivers/media/radio/Kconfig b/drivers/media/radio/Kconfig index 04cd7c04bdd..5189c4eb439 100644 --- a/drivers/media/radio/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/media/radio/Kconfig @@ -355,6 +355,20 @@ config USB_SI470X tristate "Silicon Labs Si470x FM Radio Receiver support" depends on USB && VIDEO_V4L2 ---help--- + This is a driver for USB devices with the Silicon Labs SI470x + chip. Currently these devices are known to work: + - 10c4:818a: Silicon Labs USB FM Radio Reference Design + - 06e1:a155: ADS/Tech FM Radio Receiver (formerly Instant FM Music) + - 1b80:d700: KWorld USB FM Radio SnapMusic Mobile 700 (FM700) + + Sound is provided by the ALSA USB Audio/MIDI driver. Therefore + if you don't want to use the device solely for RDS receiving, + it is recommended to also select SND_USB_AUDIO. + + Please have a look at the documentation, especially on how + to redirect the audio stream from the radio to your sound device: + Documentation/video4linux/si470x.txt + Say Y here if you want to connect this type of radio to your computer's USB port. diff --git a/drivers/media/radio/radio-si470x.c b/drivers/media/radio/radio-si470x.c index a20583c13b6..3e1830293de 100644 --- a/drivers/media/radio/radio-si470x.c +++ b/drivers/media/radio/radio-si470x.c @@ -24,19 +24,6 @@ */ -/* - * User Notes: - * - USB Audio is provided by the alsa snd_usb_audio module. - * For listing you have to redirect the sound, for example using: - * arecord -D hw:1,0 -r96000 -c2 -f S16_LE | artsdsp aplay -B - - * - regarding module parameters in /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 - * - increase tune_timeout, if you often get -EIO errors - * - hw_freq_seek returns -EAGAIN, when timed out or band limit is reached - */ - - /* * History: * 2008-01-12 Tobias Lorenz -- cgit v1.2.3