[info] PixelView PlayTV Pro PV-BT878P+ rev.9D works with bktr

[Frank J. Beckmann]

Hi,

am Dienstag, 17. Januar 2006 16:39 schrieb Andrew Gordon:
> On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> > > none1 at pci0:13:1:        class=0x048000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x0878109e
> > > rev=0x11 hdr=0x00
> > >    vendor   = 'Conexant (Was: Brooktree Corp)'
> > >    device   = 'Bt878/Fusion878A Video Capture (Audio Section)'
> > >    class    = multimedia
> >
> > Does someone has a datasheet for this soundchip which is usable to write
> > a driver? Maybe we could lure Ariff into writting a driver (perhaps by
> > giving a card with such a chip to him as a gift) if we get a datasheet.
>
> There isn't a separate soundchip - the sound is a second PCI function
> within the video capture chip (BT878).  The datasheet for that certainly
> used to be freely available (I have a copy downloaded years ago).  It
> looks to be sufficient to write a driver - the DMA engine etc. are
> identical to the one in the video section, and there is a fair amount of
> documentation of the audio section.

Is every BT878 card able to send the sound via the pci bus? I always wondered 
what the multimedia device at 6.1 is.

bktr0: <BrookTree 878> mem 0xca000000-0xca000fff irq 16 at device 6.0 on pci5
bktr0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
bktr0: Hauppauge Model 61324 D229
bktr0: Detected a MSP3415D-A2 at 0x80
bktr0: Hauppauge WinCast/TV, Philips PAL I tuner, msp3400c stereo, remote 
control.
pci5: <multimedia> at device 6.1 (no driver attached)

-- 
Bye
Frank