Re: Gigabyte 8300

From: Andy Walls <awalls@md.metrocast.net>
To: Dagur Ammendrup <dagurp@gmail.com>
Cc: Joel Wiramu Pauling <joel@aenertia.net>, linux-media@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Gigabyte 8300
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:01:53 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1283529713.12583.84.camel@morgan.silverblock.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTim_mU7ayxjeE2HQz57UsPqHU46dPC3Ys600RJAD@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, 2010-09-03 at 10:55 +0000, Dagur Ammendrup wrote:
> I tried it on a windows machine where it's identified as "Conextant
> Polaris Video Capture"  or
> "oem17.inf:Conexant.NTx86:POLARIS.DVBTX.x86:6.113.1125.1210:usb\vid_1b80&pid_d416&mi_01"
> if that tells you anything.

Polaris refers to the series of CX2310[012] chips IIRC.

Support would need changes to the cx231xx driver, and possibly changes
to the cx25480 module, depending on how far the board differs from
Conexant reference designs.

Regards,
Andy

> 
> 
> 
> 2010/9/3 Dagur Ammendrup <dagurp@gmail.com>:
> > I thought "Conexant CX23102" was the chip. How can I find this out? I
> > have access to a windows machine if that helps.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 2010/9/3 Joel Wiramu Pauling <joel@aenertia.net>:
> >> What sort of afatech chip?
> >>
> >> af9035 are not supported at all. Only af9015's which are in the older devices.
> >>
> >> On 3 September 2010 12:55, Dagur Ammendrup <dagurp@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I bought a Gigabyte U8300 today which is a hybrid USB tuner. These are
> >>> the specifications according to the manufacturer:
> >>>
> >>> Analog: TVPAL / SECAM / NTSC
> >>> Decoder chip: Conexant CX23102
> >>> Digital TV: DVB-T
> >>> Interface: USB 2.0
> >>> Others Support: Microsoft® Windows 2000, XP, MCE and Windows Vista MCE
> >>> / Win 7 32/ 64bits
> >>> Remote sensor Interface: IR
> >>> Tuner: NXP TDA18271
> >>>
> >>> Now I know that the decoder chip is supported in other USB sticks but
> >>> mine is not recognised. Here is my lsusb output:
> >>>
> >>> Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1b80:d416 Afatech
> >>>
> >>> And here is the dmesg info I get when I plug it in:
> >>>
> >>> [ 2981.693805] usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 2
> >>> [ 2991.760091] usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
> >>> [ 2991.916044] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Is there anyone out there who might be interested in adding support
> >>> for this (or guide me through it)?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> thanks,
> >>> Dagur
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