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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile index 1c955883cf58..2975291e296a 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/Makefile @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DOCBOOKS := wanbook.xml z8530book.xml mcabook.xml videobook.xml \ kernel-hacking.xml kernel-locking.xml deviceiobook.xml \ procfs-guide.xml writing_usb_driver.xml \ - sis900.xml kernel-api.xml journal-api.xml lsm.xml usb.xml \ + kernel-api.xml journal-api.xml lsm.xml usb.xml \ gadget.xml libata.xml mtdnand.xml librs.xml rapidio.xml ### diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/sis900.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/sis900.tmpl deleted file mode 100644 index 6c2cbac93c3f..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/sis900.tmpl +++ /dev/null @@ -1,585 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> -<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN" - "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" []> - -<book id="SiS900Guide"> - -<bookinfo> - -<title>SiS 900/7016 Fast Ethernet Device Driver</title> - -<authorgroup> -<author> -<firstname>Ollie</firstname> -<surname>Lho</surname> -</author> - -<author> -<firstname>Lei Chun</firstname> -<surname>Chang</surname> -</author> -</authorgroup> - -<edition>Document Revision: 0.3 for SiS900 driver v1.06 & v1.07</edition> -<pubdate>November 16, 2000</pubdate> - -<copyright> - <year>1999</year> - <holder>Silicon Integrated System Corp.</holder> -</copyright> - -<legalnotice> - <para> - This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify - it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by - the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or - (at your option) any later version. - </para> - - <para> - This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, - but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the - GNU General Public License for more details. - </para> - - <para> - You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License - along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software - Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA - </para> -</legalnotice> - -<abstract> -<para> -This document gives some information on installation and usage of SiS 900/7016 -device driver under Linux. -</para> -</abstract> - -</bookinfo> - -<toc></toc> - -<chapter id="intro"> - <title>Introduction</title> - -<para> -This document describes the revision 1.06 and 1.07 of SiS 900/7016 Fast Ethernet -device driver under Linux. The driver is developed by Silicon Integrated -System Corp. and distributed freely under the GNU General Public License (GPL). -The driver can be compiled as a loadable module and used under Linux kernel -version 2.2.x. (rev. 1.06) -With minimal changes, the driver can also be used under 2.3.x and 2.4.x kernel -(rev. 1.07), please see -<xref linkend="install"/>. If you are intended to -use the driver for earlier kernels, you are on your own. -</para> - -<para> -The driver is tested with usual TCP/IP applications including -FTP, Telnet, Netscape etc. and is used constantly by the developers. -</para> - -<para> -Please send all comments/fixes/questions to -<ulink url="mailto:lcchang@sis.com.tw">Lei-Chun Chang</ulink>. -</para> -</chapter> - -<chapter id="changes"> - <title>Changes</title> - -<para> -Changes made in Revision 1.07 - -<orderedlist> -<listitem> -<para> -Separation of sis900.c and sis900.h in order to move most -constant definition to sis900.h (many of those constants were -corrected) -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -Clean up PCI detection, the pci-scan from Donald Becker were not used, -just simple pci_find_*. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -MII detection is modified to support multiple mii transceiver. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -Bugs in read_eeprom, mdio_* were removed. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -Lot of sis900 irrelevant comments were removed/changed and -more comments were added to reflect the real situation. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -Clean up of physical/virtual address space mess in buffer -descriptors. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -Better transmit/receive error handling. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -The driver now uses zero-copy single buffer management -scheme to improve performance. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -Names of variables were changed to be more consistent. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -Clean up of auo-negotiation and timer code. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -Automatic detection and change of PHY on the fly. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -Bug in mac probing fixed. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -Fix 630E equalier problem by modifying the equalizer workaround rule. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -Support for ICS1893 10/100 Interated PHYceiver. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -Support for media select by ifconfig. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -Added kernel-doc extratable documentation. -</para> -</listitem> - -</orderedlist> -</para> -</chapter> - -<chapter id="tested"> - <title>Tested Environment</title> - -<para> -This driver is developed on the following hardware - -<itemizedlist> -<listitem> - -<para> -Intel Celeron 500 with SiS 630 (rev 02) chipset -</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> - -<para> -SiS 900 (rev 01) and SiS 7016/7014 Fast Ethernet Card -</para> -</listitem> - -</itemizedlist> - -and tested with these software environments - -<itemizedlist> -<listitem> - -<para> -Red Hat Linux version 6.2 -</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> - -<para> -Linux kernel version 2.4.0 -</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> - -<para> -Netscape version 4.6 -</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> - -<para> -NcFTP 3.0.0 beta 18 -</para> -</listitem> -<listitem> - -<para> -Samba version 2.0.3 -</para> -</listitem> - -</itemizedlist> - -</para> - -</chapter> - -<chapter id="files"> -<title>Files in This Package</title> - -<para> -In the package you can find these files: -</para> - -<para> -<variablelist> - -<varlistentry> -<term>sis900.c</term> -<listitem> -<para> -Driver source file in C -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term>sis900.h</term> -<listitem> -<para> -Header file for sis900.c -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term>sis900.sgml</term> -<listitem> -<para> -DocBook SGML source of the document -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry> -<term>sis900.txt</term> -<listitem> -<para> -Driver document in plain text -</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -</variablelist> -</para> -</chapter> - -<chapter id="install"> - <title>Installation</title> - -<para> -Silicon Integrated System Corp. is cooperating closely with core Linux Kernel -developers. The revisions of SiS 900 driver are distributed by the usuall channels -for kernel tar files and patches. Those kernel tar files for official kernel and -patches for kernel pre-release can be download at -<ulink url="http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/">official kernel ftp site</ulink> -and its mirrors. -The 1.06 revision can be found in kernel version later than 2.3.15 and pre-2.2.14, -and 1.07 revision can be found in kernel version 2.4.0. -If you have no prior experience in networking under Linux, please read -<ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/">Ethernet HOWTO</ulink> and -<ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/">Networking HOWTO</ulink> available from -Linux Documentation Project (LDP). -</para> - -<para> -The driver is bundled in release later than 2.2.11 and 2.3.15 so this -is the most easy case. -Be sure you have the appropriate packages for compiling kernel source. -Those packages are listed in Document/Changes in kernel source -distribution. If you have to install the driver other than those bundled -in kernel release, you should have your driver file -<filename>sis900.c</filename> and <filename>sis900.h</filename> -copied into <filename class="directory">/usr/src/linux/drivers/net/</filename> first. -There are two alternative ways to install the driver -</para> - -<sect1> -<title>Building the driver as loadable module</title> - -<para> -To build the driver as a loadable kernel module you have to reconfigure -the kernel to activate network support by -</para> - -<para><screen> -make menuconfig -</screen></para> - -<para> -Choose <quote>Loadable module support ---></quote>, -then select <quote>Enable loadable module support</quote>. -</para> - -<para> -Choose <quote>Network Device Support ---></quote>, select -<quote>Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)</quote>. -Then select <quote>EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers</quote>, -and choose <quote>SiS 900/7016 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support</quote> -to <quote>M</quote>. -</para> - -<para> -After reconfiguring the kernel, you can make the driver module by -</para> - -<para><screen> -make modules -</screen></para> - -<para> -The driver should be compiled with no errors. After compiling the driver, -the driver can be installed to proper place by -</para> - -<para><screen> -make modules_install -</screen></para> - -<para> -Load the driver into kernel by -</para> - -<para><screen> -insmod sis900 -</screen></para> - -<para> -When loading the driver into memory, some information message can be view by -</para> - -<para> -<screen> -dmesg -</screen> - -or - -<screen> -cat /var/log/message -</screen> -</para> - -<para> -If the driver is loaded properly you will have messages similar to this: -</para> - -<para><screen> -sis900.c: v1.07.06 11/07/2000 -eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xd000, IRQ 10, 00:00:e8:83:7f:a4. -eth0: SiS 900 Internal MII PHY transceiver found at address 1. -eth0: Using SiS 900 Internal MII PHY as default -</screen></para> - -<para> -showing the version of the driver and the results of probing routine. -</para> - -<para> -Once the driver is loaded, network can be brought up by -</para> - -<para><screen> -/sbin/ifconfig eth0 IPADDR broadcast BROADCAST netmask NETMASK media TYPE -</screen></para> - -<para> -where IPADDR, BROADCAST, NETMASK are your IP address, broadcast address and -netmask respectively. TYPE is used to set medium type used by the device. -Typical values are "10baseT"(twisted-pair 10Mbps Ethernet) or "100baseT" -(twisted-pair 100Mbps Ethernet). For more information on how to configure -network interface, please refer to -<ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/">Networking HOWTO</ulink>. -</para> - -<para> -The link status is also shown by kernel messages. For example, after the -network interface is activated, you may have the message: -</para> - -<para><screen> -eth0: Media Link On 100mbps full-duplex -</screen></para> - -<para> -If you try to unplug the twist pair (TP) cable you will get -</para> - -<para><screen> -eth0: Media Link Off -</screen></para> - -<para> -indicating that the link is failed. -</para> -</sect1> - -<sect1> -<title>Building the driver into kernel</title> - -<para> -If you want to make the driver into kernel, choose <quote>Y</quote> -rather than <quote>M</quote> on -<quote>SiS 900/7016 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support</quote> -when configuring the kernel. Build the kernel image in the usual way -</para> - -<para><screen> -make clean - -make bzlilo -</screen></para> - -<para> -Next time the system reboot, you have the driver in memory. -</para> - -</sect1> -</chapter> - -<chapter id="problems"> - <title>Known Problems and Bugs</title> - -<para> -There are some known problems and bugs. If you find any other bugs please -mail to <ulink url="mailto:lcchang@sis.com.tw">lcchang@sis.com.tw</ulink> - -<orderedlist> - -<listitem> -<para> -AM79C901 HomePNA PHY is not thoroughly tested, there may be some -bugs in the <quote>on the fly</quote> change of transceiver. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -A bug is hidden somewhere in the receive buffer management code, -the bug causes NULL pointer reference in the kernel. This fault is -caught before bad things happen and reported with the message: - -<computeroutput> -eth0: NULL pointer encountered in Rx ring, skipping -</computeroutput> - -which can be viewed with <literal remap="tt">dmesg</literal> or -<literal remap="tt">cat /var/log/message</literal>. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -The media type change from 10Mbps to 100Mbps twisted-pair ethernet -by ifconfig causes the media link down. -</para> -</listitem> - -</orderedlist> -</para> -</chapter> - -<chapter id="RHistory"> - <title>Revision History</title> - -<para> -<itemizedlist> - -<listitem> -<para> -November 13, 2000, Revision 1.07, seventh release, 630E problem fixed -and further clean up. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -November 4, 1999, Revision 1.06, Second release, lots of clean up -and optimization. -</para> -</listitem> - -<listitem> -<para> -August 8, 1999, Revision 1.05, Initial Public Release -</para> -</listitem> - -</itemizedlist> -</para> -</chapter> - -<chapter id="acknowledgements"> - <title>Acknowledgements</title> - -<para> -This driver was originally derived form -<ulink url="mailto:becker@cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov">Donald Becker</ulink>'s -<ulink url="ftp://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/linux/drivers/kern-2.3/pci-skeleton.c" ->pci-skeleton</ulink> and -<ulink url="ftp://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/linux/drivers/kern-2.3/rtl8139.c" ->rtl8139</ulink> drivers. Donald also provided various suggestion -regarded with improvements made in revision 1.06. -</para> - -<para> -The 1.05 revision was created by -<ulink url="mailto:cmhuang@sis.com.tw">Jim Huang</ulink>, AMD 79c901 -support was added by <ulink url="mailto:lcs@sis.com.tw">Chin-Shan Li</ulink>. -</para> -</chapter> - -<chapter id="functions"> -<title>List of Functions</title> -!Idrivers/net/sis900.c -</chapter> - -</book> diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/avermedia.txt b/Documentation/dvb/avermedia.txt index 068070ff13cd..8bab8461a4af 100644 --- a/Documentation/dvb/avermedia.txt +++ b/Documentation/dvb/avermedia.txt @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ - HOWTO: Get An Avermedia DVB-T working under Linux ______________________________________________ @@ -137,11 +136,8 @@ Getting the card going To power up the card, load the following modules in the following order: - * insmod dvb-core.o - * modprobe bttv.o - * insmod bt878.o - * insmod dvb-bt8xx.o - * insmod sp887x.o + * modprobe bttv (normally loaded automatically) + * modprobe dvb-bt8xx (or place dvb-bt8xx in /etc/modules) Insertion of these modules into the running kernel will activate the appropriate DVB device nodes. It is then possible @@ -302,4 +298,4 @@ Further Update Many thanks to Nigel Pearson for the updates to this document since the recent revision of the driver. - January 29th 2004 + February 14th 2006 diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt b/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt index 52ed462061df..4e7614e606c5 100644 --- a/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt +++ b/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt @@ -1,118 +1,78 @@ -How to get the Nebula, PCTV, FusionHDTV Lite and Twinhan DST cards working -========================================================================== +How to get the bt8xx cards working +================================== -This class of cards has a bt878a as the PCI interface, and -require the bttv driver. +1) General information +====================== -Please pay close attention to the warning about the bttv module -options below for the DST card. +This class of cards has a bt878a as the PCI interface, and require the bttv driver +for accessing the i2c bus and the gpio pins of the bt8xx chipset. +Please see Documentation/dvb/cards.txt => o Cards based on the Conexant Bt8xx PCI bridge: -1) General informations -======================= - -These drivers require the bttv driver to provide the means to access -the i2c bus and the gpio pins of the bt8xx chipset. - -Because of this, you need to enable -"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" - => "Video For Linux" => "BT848 Video For Linux" - -Furthermore you need to enable -"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting Devices" - => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "BT8xx based PCI cards" +Compiling kernel please enable: +a.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Video For Linux" => "BT848 Video For Linux" +b.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting Devices" + => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "Bt8xx based PCI Cards" 2) Loading Modules ================== -In general you need to load the bttv driver, which will handle the gpio and -i2c communication for us, plus the common dvb-bt8xx device driver. -The frontends for Nebula (nxt6000), Pinnacle PCTV (cx24110), TwinHan (dst), -FusionHDTV DVB-T Lite (mt352) and FusionHDTV5 Lite (lgdt330x) are loaded -automatically by the dvb-bt8xx device driver. - -3a) Nebula / Pinnacle PCTV / FusionHDTV Lite ---------------------------------------------- - - $ modprobe bttv (normally bttv is being loaded automatically by kmod) - $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx - -(or just place dvb-bt8xx in /etc/modules for automatic loading) - - -3b) TwinHan and Clones --------------------------- +In default cases bttv is loaded automatically. +To load the backend either place dvb-bt8xx in etc/modules, or apply manually: - $ modprobe bttv card=0x71 - $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx - $ modprobe dst + $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx -The value 0x71 will override the PCI type detection for dvb-bt8xx, -which is necessary for TwinHan cards. Omission of this parameter might result -in a system lockup. +All frontends will be loaded automatically. +People running udev please see Documentation/dvb/udev.txt. -If you're having an older card (blue color PCB) and card=0x71 locks up -your machine, try using 0x68, too. If that does not work, ask on the -mailing list. +In the following cases overriding the PCI type detection for dvb-bt8xx might be necessary: -The DST module takes a couple of useful parameters. +2a) Running TwinHan and Clones +------------------------------ -verbose takes values 0 to 4. These values control the verbosity level, -and can be used to debug also. + $ modprobe bttv card=113 + $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx + $ modprobe dst -verbose=0 means complete disabling of messages - 1 only error messages are displayed - 2 notifications are also displayed - 3 informational messages are also displayed - 4 debug setting +Useful parameters for verbosity level and debugging the dst module: -dst_addons takes values 0 and 0x20. A value of 0 means it is a FTA card. -0x20 means it has a Conditional Access slot. +verbose=0: messages are disabled + 1: only error messages are displayed + 2: notifications are displayed + 3: other useful messages are displayed + 4: debug setting +dst_addons=0: card is a free to air (FTA) card only + 0x20: card has a conditional access slot for scrambled channels -The autodetected values are determined by the cards 'response string' -which you can see in your logs e.g. +The autodetected values are determined by the cards' "response string". +In your logs see f. ex.: dst_get_device_id: Recognize [DSTMCI]. +For bug reports please send in a complete log with verbose=4 activated. +Please also see Documentation/dvb/ci.txt. -dst_get_device_id: Recognise [DSTMCI] - -If you need to sent in bug reports on the dst, please do send in a complete -log with the verbose=4 module parameter. For general usage, the default setting -of verbose=1 is ideal. - - -4) Multiple cards +2b) Running multiple cards -------------------------- -If you happen to be running multiple cards, it would be advisable to load -the bttv module with the card id. This would help to solve any module loading -problems that you might face. - -For example, if you have a Twinhan and Clones card along with a FusionHDTV5 Lite +Examples of card ID's: - $ modprobe bttv card=0x71 card=0x87 - -Here the order of the card id is important and should be the same as that of the -physical order of the cards. Here card=0x71 represents the Twinhan and clones -and card=0x87 represents Fusion HDTV5 Lite. These arguments can also be -specified in decimal, rather than hex: +Pinnacle PCTV Sat: 94 +Nebula Electronics Digi TV: 104 +pcHDTV HD-2000 TV: 112 +Twinhan DST and clones: 113 +Avermedia AverTV DVB-T 771: 123 +Avermedia AverTV DVB-T 761: 124 +DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Lite: 128 +DViCO FusionHDTV 5 Lite: 135 +Notice: The order of the card ID should be uprising: +Example: $ modprobe bttv card=113 card=135 + $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx -Some examples of card-id's - -Pinnacle Sat 0x5e (94) -Nebula Digi TV 0x68 (104) -PC HDTV 0x70 (112) -Twinhan 0x71 (113) -FusionHDTV DVB-T Lite 0x80 (128) -FusionHDTV5 Lite 0x87 (135) - -For a full list of card-id's, see the V4L Documentation within the kernel -source: linux/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv - -If you have problems with this please do ask on the mailing list. +For a full list of card ID's please see Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv. +In case of further problems send questions to the mailing list: www.linuxdvb.org. --- Authors: Richard Walker, Jamie Honan, Michael Hunold, Manu Abraham, + Uwe Bugla, Michael Krufky diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware b/Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware index 75c28a174092..bb55f49f2745 100644 --- a/Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware +++ b/Documentation/dvb/get_dvb_firmware @@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ use File::Temp qw/ tempdir /; use IO::Handle; -@components = ( "sp8870", "sp887x", "tda10045", "tda10046", "av7110", "dec2000t", - "dec2540t", "dec3000s", "vp7041", "dibusb", "nxt2002", "nxt2004", +@components = ( "sp8870", "sp887x", "tda10045", "tda10046", + "tda10046lifeview", "av7110", "dec2000t", "dec2540t", + "dec3000s", "vp7041", "dibusb", "nxt2002", "nxt2004", "or51211", "or51132_qam", "or51132_vsb", "bluebird"); # Check args @@ -126,6 +127,24 @@ sub tda10046 { $outfile; } +sub tda10046lifeview { + my $sourcefile = "Drv_2.11.02.zip"; + my $url = "http://www.lifeview.com.tw/drivers/pci_card/FlyDVB-T/$sourcefile"; + my $hash = "1ea24dee4eea8fe971686981f34fd2e0"; + my $outfile = "dvb-fe-tda10046.fw"; + my $tmpdir = tempdir(DIR => "/tmp", CLEANUP => 1); + + checkstandard(); + + wgetfile($sourcefile, $url); + unzip($sourcefile, $tmpdir); + extract("$tmpdir/LVHybrid.sys", 0x8b088, 24602, "$tmpdir/fwtmp"); + verify("$tmpdir/fwtmp", $hash); + copy("$tmpdir/fwtmp", $outfile); + + $outfile; +} + sub av7110 { my $sourcefile = "dvb-ttpci-01.fw-261d"; my $url = "http://www.linuxtv.org/downloads/firmware/$sourcefile"; diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/readme.txt b/Documentation/dvb/readme.txt index f5c50b22de3b..0b0380c91990 100644 --- a/Documentation/dvb/readme.txt +++ b/Documentation/dvb/readme.txt @@ -20,11 +20,23 @@ http://linuxtv.org/downloads/ What's inside this directory: +"avermedia.txt" +contains detailed information about the +Avermedia DVB-T cards. See also "bt8xx.txt". + +"bt8xx.txt" +contains detailed information about the +various bt8xx based "budget" DVB cards. + "cards.txt" contains a list of supported hardware. +"ci.txt" +contains detailed information about the +CI module as part from TwinHan cards and Clones. + "contributors.txt" -is the who-is-who of DVB development +is the who-is-who of DVB development. "faq.txt" contains frequently asked questions and their answers. @@ -34,19 +46,17 @@ script to download and extract firmware for those devices that require it. "ttusb-dec.txt" -contains detailed informations about the +contains detailed information about the TT DEC2000/DEC3000 USB DVB hardware. -"bt8xx.txt" -contains detailed installation instructions for the -various bt8xx based "budget" DVB cards -(Nebula, Pinnacle PCTV, Twinhan DST) - -"README.dibusb" -contains detailed information about adapters -based on DiBcom reference design. - "udev.txt" how to get DVB and udev up and running. +"README.dvb-usb" +contains detailed information about the DVB USB cards. + +"README.flexcop" +contains detailed information about the +Technisat- and Flexcop B2C2 drivers. + Good luck and have fun! diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 81bc51369f59..28a31c5e2289 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -151,6 +151,13 @@ Who: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> --------------------------- +What: eepro100 network driver +When: January 2007 +Why: replaced by the e100 driver +Who: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> + +--------------------------- + What: Legacy /proc/pci interface (PCI_LEGACY_PROC) When: March 2006 Why: deprecated since 2.5.53 in favor of lspci(8) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX index 5b01d5cc4e95..b1181ce232d9 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX @@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ routing.txt - the new routing mechanism shaper.txt - info on the module that can shape/limit transmitted traffic. -sis900.txt - - SiS 900/7016 Fast Ethernet device driver info. sk98lin.txt - Marvell Yukon Chipset / SysKonnect SK-98xx compliant Gigabit Ethernet Adapter family driver info diff --git a/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2100 b/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2100 index 3ab40379d1cf..f3fcaa41f774 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2100 +++ b/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2100 @@ -3,18 +3,18 @@ Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 Driver for Linux in support of: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection -Copyright (C) 2003-2005, Intel Corporation +Copyright (C) 2003-2006, Intel Corporation README.ipw2100 -Version: 1.1.3 -Date : October 17, 2005 +Version: git-1.1.5 +Date : January 25, 2006 Index ----------------------------------------------- 0. IMPORTANT INFORMATION BEFORE USING THIS DRIVER 1. Introduction -2. Release 1.1.3 Current Features +2. Release git-1.1.5 Current Features 3. Command Line Parameters 4. Sysfs Helper Files 5. Radio Kill Switch @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ potential fixes and patches, as well as links to the development mailing list for the driver project. -2. Release 1.1.3 Current Supported Features +2. Release git-1.1.5 Current Supported Features ----------------------------------------------- - Managed (BSS) and Ad-Hoc (IBSS) - WEP (shared key and open) @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ For installation support on the ipw2100 1.1.0 driver on Linux kernels 9. License ----------------------------------------------- - Copyright(c) 2003 - 2005 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. + Copyright(c) 2003 - 2006 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2) as diff --git a/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200 b/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200 index c6492d3839fa..acb30c5dcff3 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200 +++ b/Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200 @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ both hardware adapters listed above. In this document the Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Driver for Linux will be used to reference the unified driver. -Copyright (C) 2004-2005, Intel Corporation +Copyright (C) 2004-2006, Intel Corporation README.ipw2200 @@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ Index 1.2. Module parameters 1.3. Wireless Extension Private Methods 1.4. Sysfs Helper Files +1.5. Supported channels 2. Ad-Hoc Networking 3. Interacting with Wireless Tools 3.1. iwconfig mode +3.2. iwconfig sens 4. About the Version Numbers 5. Firmware installation 6. Support @@ -314,6 +316,35 @@ For the device level files, see /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200: running ifconfig and is therefore disabled by default. +1.5. Supported channels +----------------------------------------------- + +Upon loading the Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Driver for Linux, a +message stating the detected geography code and the number of 802.11 +channels supported by the card will be displayed in the log. + +The geography code corresponds to a regulatory domain as shown in the +table below. + + Supported channels +Code Geography 802.11bg 802.11a + +--- Restricted 11 0 +ZZF Custom US/Canada 11 8 +ZZD Rest of World 13 0 +ZZA Custom USA & Europe & High 11 13 +ZZB Custom NA & Europe 11 13 +ZZC Custom Japan 11 4 +ZZM Custom 11 0 +ZZE Europe 13 19 +ZZJ Custom Japan 14 4 +ZZR Rest of World 14 0 +ZZH High Band 13 4 +ZZG Custom Europe 13 4 +ZZK Europe 13 24 +ZZL Europe 11 13 + + 2. Ad-Hoc Networking ----------------------------------------------- @@ -353,6 +384,15 @@ When configuring the mode of the adapter, all run-time configured parameters are reset to the value used when the module was loaded. This includes channels, rates, ESSID, etc. +3.2 iwconfig sens +----------------------------------------------- + +The 'iwconfig ethX sens XX' command will not set the signal sensitivity +threshold, as described in iwconfig documentation, but rather the number +of consecutive missed beacons that will trigger handover, i.e. roaming +to another access point. At the same time, it will set the disassociation +threshold to 3 times the given value. + 4. About the Version Numbers ----------------------------------------------- @@ -408,7 +448,7 @@ For general information and support, go to: 7. License ----------------------------------------------- - Copyright(c) 2003 - 2005 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. + Copyright(c) 2003 - 2006 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as diff --git a/Documentation/networking/sis900.txt b/Documentation/networking/sis900.txt deleted file mode 100644 index bddffd7385ae..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/networking/sis900.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,257 +0,0 @@ - -SiS 900/7016 Fast Ethernet Device Driver - -Ollie Lho - -Lei Chun Chang - - Copyright © 1999 by Silicon Integrated System Corp. - - This document gives some information on installation and usage of SiS - 900/7016 device driver under Linux. - - This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify - it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by - the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at - your option) any later version. - - This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but - WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU - General Public License for more details. - - You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License - along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software - Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 - USA - _________________________________________________________________ - - Table of Contents - 1. Introduction - 2. Changes - 3. Tested Environment - 4. Files in This Package - 5. Installation - - Building the driver as loadable module - Building the driver into kernel - - 6. Known Problems and Bugs - 7. Revision History - 8. Acknowledgements - _________________________________________________________________ - -Chapter 1. Introduction - - This document describes the revision 1.06 and 1.07 of SiS 900/7016 - Fast Ethernet device driver under Linux. The driver is developed by - Silicon Integrated System Corp. and distributed freely under the GNU - General Public License (GPL). The driver can be compiled as a loadable - module and used under Linux kernel version 2.2.x. (rev. 1.06) With - minimal changes, the driver can also be used under 2.3.x and 2.4.x - kernel (rev. 1.07), please see Chapter 5. If you are intended to use - the driver for earlier kernels, you are on your own. - - The driver is tested with usual TCP/IP applications including FTP, - Telnet, Netscape etc. and is used constantly by the developers. - - Please send all comments/fixes/questions to Lei-Chun Chang. - _________________________________________________________________ - -Chapter 2. Changes - - Changes made in Revision 1.07 - - 1. Separation of sis900.c and sis900.h in order to move most constant - definition to sis900.h (many of those constants were corrected) - 2. Clean up PCI detection, the pci-scan from Donald Becker were not - used, just simple pci_find_*. - 3. MII detection is modified to support multiple mii transceiver. - 4. Bugs in read_eeprom, mdio_* were removed. - 5. Lot of sis900 irrelevant comments were removed/changed and more - comments were added to reflect the real situation. - 6. Clean up of physical/virtual address space mess in buffer - descriptors. - 7. Better transmit/receive error handling. - 8. The driver now uses zero-copy single buffer management scheme to - improve performance. - 9. Names of variables were changed to be more consistent. - 10. Clean up of auo-negotiation and timer code. - 11. Automatic detection and change of PHY on the fly. - 12. Bug in mac probing fixed. - 13. Fix 630E equalier problem by modifying the equalizer workaround - rule. - 14. Support for ICS1893 10/100 Interated PHYceiver. - 15. Support for media select by ifconfig. - 16. Added kernel-doc extratable documentation. - _________________________________________________________________ - -Chapter 3. Tested Environment - - This driver is developed on the following hardware - - * Intel Celeron 500 with SiS 630 (rev 02) chipset - * SiS 900 (rev 01) and SiS 7016/7014 Fast Ethernet Card - - and tested with these software environments - - * Red Hat Linux version 6.2 - * Linux kernel version 2.4.0 - * Netscape version 4.6 - * NcFTP 3.0.0 beta 18 - * Samba version 2.0.3 - _________________________________________________________________ - -Chapter 4. Files in This Package - - In the package you can find these files: - - sis900.c - Driver source file in C - - sis900.h - Header file for sis900.c - - sis900.sgml - DocBook SGML source of the document - - sis900.txt - Driver document in plain text - _________________________________________________________________ - -Chapter 5. Installation - - Silicon Integrated System Corp. is cooperating closely with core Linux - Kernel developers. The revisions of SiS 900 driver are distributed by - the usuall channels for kernel tar files and patches. Those kernel tar - files for official kernel and patches for kernel pre-release can be - download at official kernel ftp site and its mirrors. The 1.06 - revision can be found in kernel version later than 2.3.15 and - pre-2.2.14, and 1.07 revision can be found in kernel version 2.4.0. If - you have no prior experience in networking under Linux, please read - Ethernet HOWTO and Networking HOWTO available from Linux Documentation - Project (LDP). - - The driver is bundled in release later than 2.2.11 and 2.3.15 so this - is the most easy case. Be sure you have the appropriate packages for - compiling kernel source. Those packages are listed in Document/Changes - in kernel source distribution. If you have to install the driver other - than those bundled in kernel release, you should have your driver file - sis900.c and sis900.h copied into /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/ first. - There are two alternative ways to install the driver - _________________________________________________________________ - -Building the driver as loadable module - - To build the driver as a loadable kernel module you have to - reconfigure the kernel to activate network support by - -make menuconfig - - Choose "Loadable module support --->", then select "Enable loadable - module support". - - Choose "Network Device Support --->", select "Ethernet (10 or - 100Mbit)". Then select "EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers", and - choose "SiS 900/7016 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support" to "M". - - After reconfiguring the kernel, you can make the driver module by - -make modules - - The driver should be compiled with no errors. After compiling the - driver, the driver can be installed to proper place by - -make modules_install - - Load the driver into kernel by - -insmod sis900 - - When loading the driver into memory, some information message can be - view by - -dmesg - - or -cat /var/log/message - - If the driver is loaded properly you will have messages similar to - this: - -sis900.c: v1.07.06 11/07/2000 -eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xd000, IRQ 10, 00:00:e8:83:7f:a4. -eth0: SiS 900 Internal MII PHY transceiver found at address 1. -eth0: Using SiS 900 Internal MII PHY as default - - showing the version of the driver and the results of probing routine. - - Once the driver is loaded, network can be brought up by - -/sbin/ifconfig eth0 IPADDR broadcast BROADCAST netmask NETMASK media TYPE - - where IPADDR, BROADCAST, NETMASK are your IP address, broadcast - address and netmask respectively. TYPE is used to set medium type used - by the device. Typical values are "10baseT"(twisted-pair 10Mbps - Ethernet) or "100baseT" (twisted-pair 100Mbps Ethernet). For more - information on how to configure network interface, please refer to - Networking HOWTO. - - The link status is also shown by kernel messages. For example, after - the network interface is activated, you may have the message: - -eth0: Media Link On 100mbps full-duplex - - If you try to unplug the twist pair (TP) cable you will get - -eth0: Media Link Off - - indicating that the link is failed. - _________________________________________________________________ - -Building the driver into kernel - - If you want to make the driver into kernel, choose "Y" rather than "M" - on "SiS 900/7016 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter support" when configuring - the kernel. Build the kernel image in the usual way - -make clean - -make bzlilo - - Next time the system reboot, you have the driver in memory. - _________________________________________________________________ - -Chapter 6. Known Problems and Bugs - - There are some known problems and bugs. If you find any other bugs - please mail to lcchang@sis.com.tw - - 1. AM79C901 HomePNA PHY is not thoroughly tested, there may be some - bugs in the "on the fly" change of transceiver. - 2. A bug is hidden somewhere in the receive buffer management code, - the bug causes NULL pointer reference in the kernel. This fault is - caught before bad things happen and reported with the message: - eth0: NULL pointer encountered in Rx ring, skipping which can be - viewed with dmesg or cat /var/log/message. - 3. The media type change from 10Mbps to 100Mbps twisted-pair ethernet - by ifconfig causes the media link down. - _________________________________________________________________ - -Chapter 7. Revision History - - * November 13, 2000, Revision 1.07, seventh release, 630E problem - fixed and further clean up. - * November 4, 1999, Revision 1.06, Second release, lots of clean up - and optimization. - * August 8, 1999, Revision 1.05, Initial Public Release - _________________________________________________________________ - -Chapter 8. Acknowledgements - - This driver was originally derived form Donald Becker's pci-skeleton - and rtl8139 drivers. Donald also provided various suggestion regarded - with improvements made in revision 1.06. - - The 1.05 revision was created by Jim Huang, AMD 79c901 support was - added by Chin-Shan Li. diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx88 b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx88 index 8bea3fbd0548..3b39a91b24bd 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx88 +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.cx88 @@ -43,3 +43,5 @@ 42 -> digitalnow DNTV Live! DVB-T Pro [1822:0025] 43 -> KWorld/VStream XPert DVB-T with cx22702 [17de:08a1] 44 -> DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Dual Digital [18ac:db50,18ac:db54] + 45 -> KWorld HardwareMpegTV XPert [17de:0840] + 46 -> DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Hybrid [18ac:db40,18ac:db44] diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.em28xx b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.em28xx index a0c7cad20971..a3026689bbe6 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.em28xx +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.em28xx @@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ 7 -> Leadtek Winfast USB II (em2800) 8 -> Kworld USB2800 (em2800) 9 -> Pinnacle Dazzle DVC 90 (em2820/em2840) [2304:0207] + 12 -> Kworld PVR TV 2800 RF (em2820/em2840) diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134 b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134 index da4fb890165f..8c7195455963 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134 +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.saa7134 @@ -83,3 +83,12 @@ 82 -> MSI TV@Anywhere plus [1462:6231] 83 -> Terratec Cinergy 250 PCI TV [153b:1160] 84 -> LifeView FlyDVB Trio [5168:0319] + 85 -> AverTV DVB-T 777 [1461:2c05] + 86 -> LifeView FlyDVB-T [5168:0301] + 87 -> ADS Instant TV Duo Cardbus PTV331 [0331:1421] + 88 -> Tevion/KWorld DVB-T 220RF [17de:7201] + 89 -> ELSA EX-VISION 700TV [1048:226c] + 90 -> Kworld ATSC110 [17de:7350] + 91 -> AVerMedia A169 B [1461:7360] + 92 -> AVerMedia A169 B1 [1461:6360] + 93 -> Medion 7134 Bridge #2 [16be:0005] diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.tuner b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.tuner index f6d0cf7b7922..1bcdac67dd8c 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.tuner +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.tuner @@ -64,8 +64,10 @@ tuner=62 - Philips TEA5767HN FM Radio tuner=63 - Philips FMD1216ME MK3 Hybrid Tuner tuner=64 - LG TDVS-H062F/TUA6034 tuner=65 - Ymec TVF66T5-B/DFF -tuner=66 - LG NTSC (TALN mini series) +tuner=66 - LG TALN series tuner=67 - Philips TD1316 Hybrid Tuner tuner=68 - Philips TUV1236D ATSC/NTSC dual in -tuner=69 - Tena TNF 5335 MF +tuner=69 - Tena TNF 5335 and similar models tuner=70 - Samsung TCPN 2121P30A +tuner=71 - Xceive xc3028 +tuner=72 - Thomson FE6600 diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/README.cpia2 b/Documentation/video4linux/README.cpia2 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ce8213d28b67 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/README.cpia2 @@ -0,0 +1,130 @@ +$Id: README,v 1.7 2005/08/29 23:39:57 sbertin Exp $ + +1. Introduction + + This is a driver for STMicroelectronics's CPiA2 (second generation +Colour Processor Interface ASIC) based cameras. This camera outputs an MJPEG +stream at up to vga size. It implements the Video4Linux interface as much as +possible. Since the V4L interface does not support compressed formats, only +an mjpeg enabled application can be used with the camera. We have modified the +gqcam application to view this stream. + + The driver is implemented as two kernel modules. The cpia2 module +contains the camera functions and the V4L interface. The cpia2_usb module +contains usb specific functions. The main reason for this was the size of the +module was getting out of hand, so I separted them. It is not likely that +there will be a parallel port version. + +FEATURES: + - Supports cameras with the Vision stv6410 (CIF) and stv6500 (VGA) cmos + sensors. I only have the vga sensor, so can't test the other. + - Image formats: VGA, QVGA, CIF, QCIF, and a number of sizes in between. + VGA and QVGA are the native image sizes for the VGA camera. CIF is done + in the coprocessor by scaling QVGA. All other sizes are done by clipping. + - Palette: YCrCb, compressed with MJPEG. + - Some compression parameters are settable. + - Sensor framerate is adjustable (up to 30 fps CIF, 15 fps VGA). + - Adjust brightness, color, contrast while streaming. + - Flicker control settable for 50 or 60 Hz mains frequency. + +2. Making and installing the stv672 driver modules: + + Requirements: + ------------- + This should work with 2.4 (2.4.23 and later) and 2.6 kernels, but has +only been tested on 2.6. Video4Linux must be either compiled into the kernel or +available as a module. Video4Linux2 is automatically detected and made +available at compile time. + + Compiling: + ---------- + As root, do a make install. This will compile and install the modules +into the media/video directory in the module tree. For 2.4 kernels, use +Makefile_2.4 (aka do make -f Makefile_2.4 install). + + Setup: + ------ + Use 'modprobe cpia2' to load and 'modprobe -r cpia2' to unload. This +may be done automatically by your distribution. + +3. Driver options + + Option Description + ------ ----------- + video_nr video device to register (0=/dev/video0, etc) + range -1 to 64. default is -1 (first available) + If you have more than 1 camera, this MUST be -1. + buffer_size Size for each frame buffer in bytes (default 68k) + num_buffers Number of frame buffers (1-32, default 3) + alternate USB Alternate (2-7, default 7) + flicker_freq Frequency for flicker reduction(50 or 60, default 60) + flicker_mode 0 to disable, or 1 to enable flicker reduction. + (default 0). This is only effective if the camera + uses a stv0672 coprocessor. + + Setting the options: + -------------------- + If you are using modules, edit /etc/modules.conf and add an options +line like this: + options cpia2 num_buffers=3 buffer_size=65535 + + If the driver is compiled into the kernel, at boot time specify them +like this: + cpia2.num_buffers=3 cpia2.buffer_size=65535 + + What buffer size should I use? + ------------------------------ + The maximum image size depends on the alternate you choose, and the +frame rate achieved by the camera. If the compression engine is able to +keep up with the frame rate, the maximum image size is given by the table +below. + The compression engine starts out at maximum compression, and will +increase image quality until it is close to the size in the table. As long +as the compression engine can keep up with the frame rate, after a short time +the images will all be about the size in the table, regardless of resolution. + At low alternate settings, the compression engine may not be able to +compress the image enough and will reduce the frame rate by producing larger +images. + The default of 68k should be good for most users. This will handle +any alternate at frame rates down to 15fps. For lower frame rates, it may +be necessary to increase the buffer size to avoid having frames dropped due +to insufficient space. + + Image size(bytes) + Alternate bytes/ms 15fps 30fps + 2 128 8533 4267 + 3 384 25600 12800 + 4 640 42667 21333 + 5 768 51200 25600 + 6 896 59733 29867 + 7 1023 68200 34100 + + How many buffers should I use? + ------------------------------ + For normal streaming, 3 should give the best results. With only 2, +it is possible for the camera to finish sending one image just after a +program has started reading the other. If this happens, the driver must drop +a frame. The exception to this is if you have a heavily loaded machine. In +this case use 2 buffers. You are probably not reading at the full frame rate. +If the camera can send multiple images before a read finishes, it could +overwrite the third buffer before the read finishes, leading to a corrupt +image. Single and double buffering have extra checks to avoid overwriting. + +4. Using the camera + + We are providing a modified gqcam application to view the output. In +order to avoid confusion, here it is called mview. There is also the qx5view +program which can also control the lights on the qx5 microscope. MJPEG Tools +(http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net) can also be used to record from the camera. + +5. Notes to developers: + + - This is a driver version stripped of the 2.4 back compatibility + and old MJPEG ioctl API. See cpia2.sf.net for 2.4 support. + +6. Thanks: + + - Peter Pregler <Peter_Pregler@email.com>, + Scott J. Bertin <scottbertin@yahoo.com>, and + Jarl Totland <Jarl.Totland@bdc.no> for the original cpia driver, which + this one was modelled from. diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/cpia2_overview.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/cpia2_overview.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a6e53665216b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/cpia2_overview.txt @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ + Programmer's View of Cpia2 + +Cpia2 is the second generation video coprocessor from VLSI Vision Ltd (now a +division of ST Microelectronics). There are two versions. The first is the +STV0672, which is capable of up to 30 frames per second (fps) in frame sizes +up to CIF, and 15 fps for VGA frames. The STV0676 is an improved version, +which can handle up to 30 fps VGA. Both coprocessors can be attached to two +CMOS sensors - the vvl6410 CIF sensor and the vvl6500 VGA sensor. These will +be referred to as the 410 and the 500 sensors, or the CIF and VGA sensors. + +The two chipsets operate almost identically. The core is an 8051 processor, +running two different versions of firmware. The 672 runs the VP4 video +processor code, the 676 runs VP5. There are a few differences in register +mappings for the two chips. In these cases, the symbols defined in the +header files are marked with VP4 or VP5 as part of the symbol name. + +The cameras appear externally as three sets of registers. Setting register +values is the only way to control the camera. Some settings are +interdependant, such as the sequence required to power up the camera. I will +try to make note of all of these cases. + +The register sets are called blocks. Block 0 is the system block. This +section is always powered on when the camera is plugged in. It contains +registers that control housekeeping functions such as powering up the video +processor. The video processor is the VP block. These registers control +how the video from the sensor is processed. Examples are timing registers, +user mode (vga, qvga), scaling, cropping, framerates, and so on. The last +block is the video compressor (VC). The video stream sent from the camera is +compressed as Motion JPEG (JPEGA). The VC controls all of the compression +parameters. Looking at the file cpia2_registers.h, you can get a full view +of these registers and the possible values for most of them. + +One or more registers can be set or read by sending a usb control message to +the camera. There are three modes for this. Block mode requests a number +of contiguous registers. Random mode reads or writes random registers with +a tuple structure containing address/value pairs. The repeat mode is only +used by VP4 to load a firmware patch. It contains a starting address and +a sequence of bytes to be written into a gpio port.
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