On Tuesday 27 February 2007, Markus Rechberger wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> since I really want to get that xc3028 story done I propose to add
> some changes to the dvb framework which would allow to support loading
> tuner modules from v4l and dvb without having a real dependency of
> each other.
> The interface I aim at uses almost the same structure as dvb_tuner_ops.
>
> So to point it out more clearly:
>
> I'd like to replace or modify:
> struct dvb_tuner_ops {
>
> struct dvb_tuner_info info;
>
> int (*release)(struct dvb_frontend *fe);
> int (*init)(struct dvb_frontend *fe);
> int (*sleep)(struct dvb_frontend *fe);
>
> /** This is for simple PLLs - set all parameters in one go. */
> int (*set_params)(struct dvb_frontend *fe, struct
> dvb_frontend_parameters *p);
>
> /** This is support for demods like the mt352 - fills out the
> supplied buffer with what to write. */
> int (*calc_regs)(struct dvb_frontend *fe, struct
> dvb_frontend_parameters *p, u8 *buf, int buf_len);
>
> int (*get_frequency)(struct dvb_frontend *fe, u32 *frequency);
> int (*get_bandwidth)(struct dvb_frontend *fe, u32 *bandwidth);
>
> #define TUNER_STATUS_LOCKED 1
> int (*get_status)(struct dvb_frontend *fe, u32 *status);
>
> /** These are provided seperately from set_params in order to
> facilitate silicon
> * tuners which require sophisticated tuning loops,
> controlling each parameter seperately. */
> int (*set_frequency)(struct dvb_frontend *fe, u32 frequency);
> int (*set_bandwidth)(struct dvb_frontend *fe, u32 bandwidth);
> };
>
> with:
> struct v4l_dvb_tuner {
> /* wrapper */
> void *priv; /* some privat data for internal use */
> void *dev; /* v4l private data for tuner-core */
> struct dvb_frontend *fe; /* dvb_frontend, for dvb only
> drivers, internal use */
>
> int (*ioctl)(struct v4l_dvb_tuner *dev, int cmd, int arg);
> struct tuner_info info;
> int (*release)(struct v4l_dvb_tuner *dev);
> int (*init)(struct v4l_dvb_tuner *dev);
> int (*sleep)(struct v4l_dvb_tuner *dev);
>
> /** This is for simple PLLs - set all parameters in one go. */
> int (*set_params)(struct v4l_dvb_tuner *dev, struct
> tuner_parameters *p);
>
> /** This is support for demods like the mt352 - fills out the
> supplied buffer with what to write. */
> int (*calc_regs)(struct v4l_dvb_tuner *dev, struct
> tuner_parameters *p, u8 *buf, int buf_len);
>
> int (*get_frequency)(struct v4l_dvb_tuner *dev, u32 *frequency);
> int (*get_bandwidth)(struct v4l_dvb_tuner *dev, u32 *bandwidth);
>
> #define TUNER_STATUS_LOCKED 1
> int (*get_status)(struct v4l_dvb_tuner *dev, u32 *status);
>
> /** These are provided seperately from set_params in order to
> facilitate silicon
> * tuners which require sophisticated tuning loops,
> controlling each parameter seperately. */
> int (*set_frequency)(struct v4l_dvb_tuner *dev, u32 frequency);
> int (*set_bandwidth)(struct v4l_dvb_tuner *dev, u32 bandwidth);
>
> int (*set_mode)(struct v4l_dvb_tuner *dev, struct
> tuner_parameters *params);
> };
>
> tuner_parameters is an extended version of dvb_frontend_params
>
> struct dvb_frontend_parameters {
> __u32 frequency; /* (absolute) frequency in Hz for QAM/OFDM/ATSC
> */
> /* intermediate frequency in kHz for QPSK */
> fe_spectral_inversion_t inversion;
> union {
> struct dvb_qpsk_parameters qpsk;
> struct dvb_qam_parameters qam;
> struct dvb_ofdm_parameters ofdm;
> struct dvb_vsb_parameters vsb;
> } u;
> };
>
> vs:
>
> struct tuner_parameters {
> __u32 frequency; /* (absolute) frequency in Hz for QAM/OFDM/ATSC
> */
> /* intermediate frequency in kHz for QPSK */
> enum v4l2_tuner_type type;
> v4l2_std_id std;
> fe_spectral_inversion_t inversion;
> union {
> struct dvb_qpsk_parameters qpsk;
> struct dvb_qam_parameters qam;
> struct dvb_ofdm_parameters ofdm;
> struct dvb_vsb_parameters vsb;
> } u;
> };
>
> for not breaking userspace we can use an internal converter for that
> format just like:
> #define V4L_OPS(i) ({ \
> struct tuner_parameters __o; \
> __o.frequency = i->frequency; \
> __o.inversion = i->inversion; \
> ....
> &__o; \
> })
>
> this seems to be a good approach for hybrid devices
> dvb only silicon tuners could still access dvb_frontend internally,
> hybrid tuners have to avoid this since the structure since it wouldn't
> be fully initialized.
> So what do you guys think about that?
>
> I already have some code which does this and it works fine.
> So I'm looking for some feedback/suggestions here
>
> thanks,
> Markus
>
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hi,
as already told on irc (summary of one hour talk)
i am against this patch as this sort of thing could be implemented in the same
way
like e.g. saa7134
this implements your changes to be unneccessary.
best regards
marcel
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