[AG-TECH] IDS FALCONquattro with 64bit RHEL5

[Douglas Kosovic]

Hi Doug,


> they referred me to the vendor in the US that had sold me the card,
> 1stVision.  "this isn't one of those TV cards.  it won't work with
> bttv.
> you'll need to install the custom drivers.  go to our webpage and
> select Eagle / Falcon linux drivers..."
> i pointed out to my helpful rep that CARDLIST.bttv had an entry for
the
> IDS Eagle.  #93.  "well, your card is the PCI-E version so the
> reference to the 32bit PCI Eagle probably won't do you any good.  i
later
> got an email back informing me that i was mistaken.  the Eagle in the
> list was a different card.  not an IDS, but Eagle Capricorn2 #51.
ok...
> 
> sudo /sbin/rmmod bttv
> sudo /sbin/modprobe bttv card=93,93,93,93
> 
> vic sees the card as an IDS Eagle and i have 4 working video streams
> with V4L2.

That's great news.

I heard much the same from other card vendors regarding linux
compatibility.

You might like to consider submitting a patch. I submitted a patch for
another PCI-e card that had existing support for the PCI version of card
in the bttv driver. It was mainly just a matter of duplicating the
existing PCI capture card's code and updating for the new name, hex
values for the vendor & product IDs obtained from dmesg or lspci  (one
for each Bt878) and finally add a card number entry. The patch I
submitted is below.



-----Original Message-----
From: linux-media-owner at vger.kernel.org
[mailto:linux-media-owner at vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Douglas Kosovic
Sent: Thursday, 22 January 2009 3:47 PM
To: linux-media at vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] IVCE-8784 support for V4L2 bttv driver

Hi,

Please find below a patch for the IVCE-8784.

It's a quad Bt878 PCI-e x1 capture board that's basically the same as
the
IVC-200 (quad Bt878 PCI) capture board that's currently supported in
the V4L2 bttv driver.

Manufacturer's web page for IVCE-8784 with photo and info:
  http://www.iei.com.tw/en/product_IPC.asp?model=IVCE-8784

Signed-off-by: Douglas Kosovic <douglask at itee.uq.edu.au>

Thanks,
Doug

diff -r f4d7d0b84940 linux/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c
--- a/linux/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c Sun Jan 18 10:55:38
2009 
+0000
+++ b/linux/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c Thu Jan 22 15:42:30
2009 
+1000
@@ -247,6 +247,10 @@
  { 0xa182ff0d, BTTV_BOARD_IVC120,        "IVC-120G" },
  { 0xa182ff0e, BTTV_BOARD_IVC120,        "IVC-120G" },
  { 0xa182ff0f, BTTV_BOARD_IVC120,        "IVC-120G" },
+ { 0xf0500000, BTTV_BOARD_IVCE8784,      "IVCE-8784" },
+ { 0xf0500001, BTTV_BOARD_IVCE8784,      "IVCE-8784" },
+ { 0xf0500002, BTTV_BOARD_IVCE8784,      "IVCE-8784" },
+ { 0xf0500003, BTTV_BOARD_IVCE8784,      "IVCE-8784" },

  { 0x41424344, BTTV_BOARD_GRANDTEC,      "GrandTec Multi Capture" },
  { 0x01020304, BTTV_BOARD_XGUARD,        "Grandtec Grand X-Guard" },
@@ -2182,6 +2186,19 @@
   .muxsel         = { 2 },
   .pll            = PLL_28,
  },
+ [BTTV_BOARD_IVCE8784] = {
+  .name           = "IVCE-8784",
+  .video_inputs   = 1,
+  .audio_inputs   = 0,
+  .tuner          = UNSET,
+  .tuner_type     = UNSET,
+  .tuner_addr = ADDR_UNSET,
+  .radio_addr     = ADDR_UNSET,
+  .svhs           = UNSET,
+  .gpiomask       = 0xdf,
+  .muxsel         = { 2 },
+  .pll            = PLL_28,
+ },
  [BTTV_BOARD_XGUARD] = {
   .name           = "Grand X-Guard / Trust 814PCI",
   .video_inputs   = 16,
diff -r f4d7d0b84940 linux/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv.h
--- a/linux/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv.h Sun Jan 18 10:55:38 2009
+0000
+++ b/linux/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv.h Thu Jan 22 15:42:30 2009
+1000
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@
 #define BTTV_BOARD_VD012     0x99
 #define BTTV_BOARD_VD012_X1     0x9a
 #define BTTV_BOARD_VD012_X2     0x9b
+#define BTTV_BOARD_IVCE_8784     0x9c


 /* more card-specific defines */