rtl-sdr port (was: New driver opportunity - rtl2832u)

[Ganael LAPLANCHE]

Hi Luigi, hi list,

> [...]
> Slightly off-topic:
>
> The 2832-based sticks have become very popular recently because
> the stick can be used as a programmable spectrum analyzer, see e.g.
>
> http://op25.osmocom.org/wiki
> http://lists.osmocom.org/pipermail/osmocom-sdr/2012-March/000041.html
>
> I have tried the code at http://sdr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/rtl-sdr [3]
> and it builds and runs fine on FreeBSD (once you ignore the
> auto* stuff and build your 2-line makefile)

Off topic... but interesting :)

I have made a preliminary port for rtl_sdr :

http://contribs.martymac.org/FreeBSD-ports/sandbox/rtl-sdr-20120823-port.tgz

If you want to try it :

# cd /usr/ports/comms && tar xvzf rtl-sdr-20120823-port.tgz
# cd rtl-sdr && make install clean

It builds and (seem to) run fine ; unfortunately, I have not been able
to listen to FM radio using rtl_fm and my Noxon DAB stick : I can only
hear noise.

Can someone report any success/failure story ?

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