.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 The saa7134 driver ================== Author Gerd Hoffmann This is a v4l2/oss device driver for saa7130/33/34/35 based capture / TV boards. Status ------ Almost everything is working. video, sound, tuner, radio, mpeg ts, ... As with bttv, card-specific tweaks are needed. Check CARDLIST for a list of known TV cards and saa7134-cards.c for the drivers card configuration info. Build ----- Once you pick up a Kernel source, you should configure, build, install and boot the new kernel. You'll need at least these config options:: ./scripts/config -e PCI ./scripts/config -e INPUT ./scripts/config -m I2C ./scripts/config -m MEDIA_SUPPORT ./scripts/config -e MEDIA_PCI_SUPPORT ./scripts/config -e MEDIA_ANALOG_TV_SUPPORT ./scripts/config -e MEDIA_DIGITAL_TV_SUPPORT ./scripts/config -e MEDIA_RADIO_SUPPORT ./scripts/config -e RC_CORE ./scripts/config -e MEDIA_SUBDRV_AUTOSELECT ./scripts/config -m VIDEO_SAA7134 ./scripts/config -e SAA7134_ALSA ./scripts/config -e VIDEO_SAA7134_RC ./scripts/config -e VIDEO_SAA7134_DVB ./scripts/config -e VIDEO_SAA7134_GO7007 To build and install, you should run:: make && make modules_install && make install Once the new Kernel is booted, saa7134 driver should be loaded automatically. Depending on the card you might have to pass ``card=`` as insmod option. If so, please check :doc:`saa7134-cardlist` for valid choices. Once you have your card type number, you can pass a modules configuration via a file (usually, it is either ``/etc/modules.conf`` or some file at ``/etc/modules-load.d/``, but the actual place depends on your distribution), with this content:: options saa7134 card=13 # Assuming that your card type is #13 Changes / Fixes --------------- Please mail to linux-media AT vger.kernel.org unified diffs against the linux media git tree: https://git.linuxtv.org/media_tree.git/ This is done by committing a patch at a clone of the git tree and submitting the patch using ``git send-email``. Don't forget to describe at the lots what it changes / which problem it fixes / whatever it is good for ... Known Problems -------------- * The tuner for the flyvideos isn't detected automatically and the default might not work for you depending on which version you have. There is a ``tuner=`` insmod option to override the driver's default. Credits ------- andrew.stevens@philips.com + werner.leeb@philips.com for providing saa7134 hardware specs and sample board.