Comments on: Call for testers: PCTV 74e Support http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?p=1378 ... it's not just another Linux blog Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:18:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Balden http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?p=1378&cpage=1#comment-1718 Balden Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:03:56 +0000 http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?p=1378#comment-1718 Sorry, apparently I must add some "HTML magic" to include "greater than" and "less than" characters in the replies. Here's another attempt: for compiling with 2.6.34, you should try to add #include <slab.h> to all affected source files. Hope this helps. Sorry, apparently I must add some “HTML magic” to include “greater than” and “less than” characters in the replies. Here’s another attempt: for compiling with 2.6.34, you should try to add

#include <slab.h>

to all affected source files.
Hope this helps.

]]> By: Balden http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?p=1378&cpage=1#comment-1717 Balden Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:59:29 +0000 http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?p=1378#comment-1717 You can basically fix this by adding a #include \ to all affected source files. At least it worked for me. You can basically fix this by adding a #include \ to all affected source files.
At least it worked for me.

]]> By: Devin Heitmueller http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?p=1378&cpage=1#comment-1713 Devin Heitmueller Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:42:55 +0000 http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?p=1378#comment-1713 Hi Martan, The tree is known to not compile against to 2.6.34 (due to changes in the kernel). You will have to either wait until I update the tree, or attempt to resolve the issues yourself. Devin Hi Martan,

The tree is known to not compile against to 2.6.34 (due to changes in the kernel). You will have to either wait until I update the tree, or attempt to resolve the issues yourself.

Devin

]]> By: martan http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?p=1378&cpage=1#comment-1711 martan Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:53:16 +0000 http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?p=1378#comment-1711 Hi Devin, I get compile error for kernel 2.6.34.6-47.fc13.i686: CC [M] /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-xc2028.o CC [M] /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-simple.o CC [M] /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-types.o CC [M] /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/mt20xx.o /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-simple.c: In function 'simple_release': /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-simple.c:997: error: implicit declaration of function 'kfree' /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-simple.c: In function 'simple_tuner_attach': /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-simple.c:1081: error: implicit declaration of function 'kzalloc' /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-simple.c:1081: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast make[3]: *** [/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-simple.o] Error 1 make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-xc2028.c: In function 'free_firmware': /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-xc2028.c:252: error: implicit declaration of function 'kfree' /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-xc2028.c: In function 'load_all_firmwares': /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-xc2028.c:314: error: implicit declaration of function 'kzalloc' /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-xc2028.c:314: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-xc2028.c:365: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-xc2028.c: In function 'xc2028_attach': /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-xc2028.c:1269: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast make[3]: *** [/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-xc2028.o] Error 1 /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/mt20xx.c: In function 'microtune_release': /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/mt20xx.c:54: error: implicit declaration of function 'kfree' /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/mt20xx.c: In function 'microtune_attach': /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/mt20xx.c:623: error: implicit declaration of function 'kzalloc' /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/mt20xx.c:623: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast make[3]: *** [/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/mt20xx.o] Error 1 make[2]: *** [_module_/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.34.6-47.fc13.i686' make[1]: *** [default] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l' make: *** [all] Error 2 Hi Devin,

I get compile error for kernel 2.6.34.6-47.fc13.i686:

CC [M] /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-xc2028.o
CC [M] /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-simple.o
CC [M] /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-types.o
CC [M] /home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/mt20xx.o
/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-simple.c: In function ‘simple_release’:
/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-simple.c:997: error: implicit declaration of function ‘kfree’
/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-simple.c: In function ‘simple_tuner_attach’:
/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-simple.c:1081: error: implicit declaration of function ‘kzalloc’
/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-simple.c:1081: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
make[3]: *** [/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-simple.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs….
/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-xc2028.c: In function ‘free_firmware’:
/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-xc2028.c:252: error: implicit declaration of function ‘kfree’
/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-xc2028.c: In function ‘load_all_firmwares’:
/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-xc2028.c:314: error: implicit declaration of function ‘kzalloc’
/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-xc2028.c:314: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-xc2028.c:365: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-xc2028.c: In function ‘xc2028_attach’:
/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-xc2028.c:1269: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
make[3]: *** [/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/tuner-xc2028.o] Error 1
/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/mt20xx.c: In function ‘microtune_release’:
/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/mt20xx.c:54: error: implicit declaration of function ‘kfree’
/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/mt20xx.c: In function ‘microtune_attach’:
/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/mt20xx.c:623: error: implicit declaration of function ‘kzalloc’
/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/mt20xx.c:623: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
make[3]: *** [/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l/mt20xx.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.34.6-47.fc13.i686′
make[1]: *** [default] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/makerpm/rpmbuild/BUILD/v4l-dvb-as102-2/v4l’
make: *** [all] Error 2

]]> By: .cj http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?p=1378&cpage=1#comment-1710 .cj Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:14:55 +0000 http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?p=1378#comment-1710 ... sorry, i use ubuntu 10.04 LTS … sorry, i use ubuntu 10.04 LTS

]]> By: .cj http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?p=1378&cpage=1#comment-1707 .cj Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:51:57 +0000 http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?p=1378#comment-1707 ... i also use two Elgato Deluxe v2 sticks (non “football edition”) with this driver on ubuntu 10.10 and the firmware files from kernellabs (!) without a problem (or i just cant see, that part 2 does not load), just to let you know. ... is there also a make .config, where only the a102 driver and just the really important parts are build (just to get it on openwrt)? ... … i also use two Elgato Deluxe v2 sticks (non “football edition”) with this driver on ubuntu 10.10 and the firmware files from kernellabs (!) without a problem (or i just cant see, that part 2 does not load), just to let you know.
… is there also a make .config, where only the a102 driver and just the really important parts are build (just to get it on openwrt)?
…

]]> By: bbrbbr http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?p=1378&cpage=1#comment-1686 bbrbbr Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:20:30 +0000 http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?p=1378#comment-1686 Hi Devin, Thank you for your great work. I am also a newbie trying to make the pctv 74e work on ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS. I did exactly as you described. It works fantastic with Kaffeine on my netbook Eee PC and my Acer Aspire R3610. Thanks again! Bruno Hi Devin,
Thank you for your great work. I am also a newbie trying to make the pctv 74e work on ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS. I did exactly as you described. It works fantastic with Kaffeine on my netbook Eee PC and my Acer Aspire R3610.
Thanks again!
Bruno

]]> By: Devin Heitmueller http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?p=1378&cpage=1#comment-1666 Devin Heitmueller Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:17:54 +0000 http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?p=1378#comment-1666 Hi Balden, The engineer From Abilis told me that the Elgato stick requires different firmware, but he never got around to providing it. Regarding the 167KHz shift, some tuners have a wider tolerance than others, and can still achieve a signal lock even when off by that much. This is likely why your 72e works while the Abilis didn't. Devin Hi Balden,

The engineer From Abilis told me that the Elgato stick requires different firmware, but he never got around to providing it.

Regarding the 167KHz shift, some tuners have a wider tolerance than others, and can still achieve a signal lock even when off by that much. This is likely why your 72e works while the Abilis didn’t.

Devin

]]> By: Balden http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?p=1378&cpage=1#comment-1659 Balden Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:34:27 +0000 http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?p=1378#comment-1659 Devin, Thanks a lot, this is great work. I bought an elgato eyeTV DTT deluxe (v2) today: it's a limited "football edition" (marketing targeted for the soccer world cup here in France, I'm very late I know). As far as I can tell I managed to make it work perfectly using this driver. However, I had to work around a few issues so I figured out I'd post some explanations here in case somebody else experiences the same. First I'm running a 2.6.34 kernel under opensuse 11.3 and the compilation kept complaining about implicit declaration of symbols 'kfree' and others. This is easily fixed by adding a #include to all affected source files. After compiling and installing, the stick was detected fine but the "part2" firmware would not load. I kept getting an error message "as10x_usb: error during firmware upload part2" in the kernel log each time I plugged the stick. I verified the files, downloaded them again, but this didn't help. I eventually decided to try to extract the firmware from one of the supported operating system drivers. I first looked in the supplied driver CD-ROM but couldn't find them. So I decided to install the whole thing on my girlfriend's MacBook. Apparently everything is driven through elgato's EyeTV application. With a MacOS Terminal Window, I dug my way down into /Applications/EyeTV/Resources/firmware/AS102/new, where I found two firmware file (which differ from those supplied here, including the "part1'). After replacing the two files in /lib/firmware with those from the MacOS, everything went fine and the 2 parts of the firmware would load successfully. Last thing was to scan the DVB channels. I tried with Kaffeine (1.0 and 0.8.8), Me-TV and scan > tzap, apparently the signal strength was good but I kept getting "tuning failed' errors and no channels at all. For some reason, this magically went away after applying a 167 kHz shift to all frequencies. This seems to be a known problem here in Paris since I actually found that hint in a french DVB forum and several other people noticed the same thing. Still I'm a bit puzzled by this because I was previously using another DVB-T stick (Pinnacle 72e) and the tuning has always been flawless without having to shift any frequency, so this might nevertheless be some stick-related issue. Hope this helps. Thanks again. Devin,

Thanks a lot, this is great work.

I bought an elgato eyeTV DTT deluxe (v2) today: it’s a limited “football edition” (marketing targeted for the soccer world cup here in France, I’m very late I know). As far as I can tell I managed to make it work perfectly using this driver. However, I had to work around a few issues so I figured out I’d post some explanations here in case somebody else experiences the same.

First I’m running a 2.6.34 kernel under opensuse 11.3 and the compilation kept complaining about implicit declaration of symbols ‘kfree’ and others. This is easily fixed by adding a #include to all affected source files.

After compiling and installing, the stick was detected fine but the “part2″ firmware would not load. I kept getting an error message “as10x_usb: error during firmware upload part2″ in the kernel log each time I plugged the stick. I verified the files, downloaded them again, but this didn’t help. I eventually decided to try to extract the firmware from one of the supported operating system drivers. I first looked in the supplied driver CD-ROM but couldn’t find them.

So I decided to install the whole thing on my girlfriend’s MacBook. Apparently everything is driven through elgato’s EyeTV application. With a MacOS Terminal Window, I dug my way down into /Applications/EyeTV/Resources/firmware/AS102/new, where I found two firmware file (which differ from those supplied here, including the “part1′). After replacing the two files in /lib/firmware with those from the MacOS, everything went fine and the 2 parts of the firmware would load successfully.

Last thing was to scan the DVB channels. I tried with Kaffeine (1.0 and 0.8.8), Me-TV and scan > tzap, apparently the signal strength was good but I kept getting “tuning failed’ errors and no channels at all. For some reason, this magically went away after applying a 167 kHz shift to all frequencies. This seems to be a known problem here in Paris since I actually found that hint in a french DVB forum and several other people noticed the same thing. Still I’m a bit puzzled by this because I was previously using another DVB-T stick (Pinnacle 72e) and the tuning has always been flawless without having to shift any frequency, so this might nevertheless be some stick-related issue.

Hope this helps. Thanks again.

]]> By: Devin Heitmueller http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?p=1378&cpage=1#comment-1623 Devin Heitmueller Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:42:35 +0000 http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?p=1378#comment-1623 Hi Lappen, Thanks for testing. Yeah, the unplug/replug issue is a known problem that I have yet to track down. It will definitely have to be fixed before the support goes into the mainline. Devin Hi Lappen,

Thanks for testing.

Yeah, the unplug/replug issue is a known problem that I have yet to track down. It will definitely have to be fixed before the support goes into the mainline.

Devin

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