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1	
2	
3	What is it?
4	===========
5	
6	This is a v4l2/oss device driver for saa7130/33/34/35 based capture / TV
7	boards.  See http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/pip/saa7134hl for a
8	description.
9	
10	
11	Status
12	======
13	
14	Almost everything is working.  video, sound, tuner, radio, mpeg ts, ...
15	
16	As with bttv, card-specific tweaks are needed.  Check CARDLIST for a
17	list of known TV cards and saa7134-cards.c for the drivers card
18	configuration info.
19	
20	
21	Build
22	=====
23	
24	Pick up videodev + v4l2 patches from http://bytesex.org/patches/.
25	Configure, build, install + boot the new kernel.  You'll need at least
26	these config options:
27	
28		CONFIG_I2C=m
29		CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV=m
30	
31	Type "make" to build the driver now.  "make install" installs the
32	driver.  "modprobe saa7134" should load it.  Depending on the card you
33	might have to pass card=<nr> as insmod option, check CARDLIST for
34	valid choices.
35	
36	
37	Changes / Fixes
38	===============
39	
40	Please mail me unified diffs ("diff -u") with your changes, and don't
41	forget to tell me what it changes / which problem it fixes / whatever
42	it is good for ...
43	
44	
45	Known Problems
46	==============
47	
48	* The tuner for the flyvideos isn't detected automatically and the
49	  default might not work for you depending on which version you have.
50	  There is a tuner= insmod option to override the driver's default.
51	
52	Card Variations:
53	================
54	
55	Cards can use either of these two crystals (xtal):
56	 - 32.11 MHz -> .audio_clock=0x187de7
57	 - 24.576MHz -> .audio_clock=0x200000
58	(xtal * .audio_clock = 51539600)
59	
60	Some details about 30/34/35:
61	
62	 - saa7130 - low-price chip, doesn't have mute, that is why all those
63	 cards should have .mute field defined in their tuner structure.
64	
65	 - saa7134 - usual chip
66	
67	 - saa7133/35 - saa7135 is probably a marketing decision, since all those
68	 chips identifies itself as 33 on pci.
69	
70	Credits
71	=======
72	
73	andrew.stevens@philips.com + werner.leeb@philips.com for providing
74	saa7134 hardware specs and sample board.
75	
76	
77	Have fun,
78	
79	  Gerd
80	
81	--
82	Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org> [SuSE Labs]
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