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Commit 3352e432 authored by Patrick Boettcher's avatar Patrick Boettcher Committed by Linus Torvalds
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[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: default avatarPatrick Boettcher <pb@linuxtv.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJohannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
parent d590f9c2

Documentation/dvb/README.dvb-usb

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@@ -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.