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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Douglas Kosovic Sent: Thursday, 22 January 2009 3:47 PM To: [email protected] 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 <[email protected]> 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 */
