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1.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
2
3The saa7134 driver
4==================
5
6Author Gerd Hoffmann
7
8
9This is a v4l2/oss device driver for saa7130/33/34/35 based capture / TV
10boards.
11
12
13Status
14------
15
16Almost everything is working.  video, sound, tuner, radio, mpeg ts, ...
17
18As with bttv, card-specific tweaks are needed.  Check CARDLIST for a
19list of known TV cards and saa7134-cards.c for the drivers card
20configuration info.
21
22
23Build
24-----
25
26Once you pick up a Kernel source, you should configure, build,
27install and boot the new kernel.  You'll need at least
28these config options::
29
30    ./scripts/config -e PCI
31    ./scripts/config -e INPUT
32    ./scripts/config -m I2C
33    ./scripts/config -m MEDIA_SUPPORT
34    ./scripts/config -e MEDIA_PCI_SUPPORT
35    ./scripts/config -e MEDIA_ANALOG_TV_SUPPORT
36    ./scripts/config -e MEDIA_DIGITAL_TV_SUPPORT
37    ./scripts/config -e MEDIA_RADIO_SUPPORT
38    ./scripts/config -e RC_CORE
39    ./scripts/config -e MEDIA_SUBDRV_AUTOSELECT
40    ./scripts/config -m VIDEO_SAA7134
41    ./scripts/config -e SAA7134_ALSA
42    ./scripts/config -e VIDEO_SAA7134_RC
43    ./scripts/config -e VIDEO_SAA7134_DVB
44    ./scripts/config -e VIDEO_SAA7134_GO7007
45
46To build and install, you should run::
47
48    make && make modules_install && make install
49
50Once the new Kernel is booted, saa7134 driver should be loaded automatically.
51
52Depending on the card you might have to pass ``card=<nr>`` as insmod option.
53If so, please check Documentation/admin-guide/media/saa7134-cardlist.rst
54for valid choices.
55
56Once you have your card type number, you can pass a modules configuration
57via a file (usually, it is either ``/etc/modules.conf`` or some file at
58``/etc/modules-load.d/``, but the actual place depends on your
59distribution), with this content::
60
61    options saa7134 card=13 # Assuming that your card type is #13
62
63
64Changes / Fixes
65---------------
66
67Please mail to linux-media AT vger.kernel.org unified diffs against
68the linux media git tree:
69
70    https://git.linuxtv.org/media_tree.git/
71
72This is done by committing a patch at a clone of the git tree and
73submitting the patch using ``git send-email``. Don't forget to
74describe at the lots  what it changes / which problem it fixes / whatever
75it is good for ...
76
77
78Known Problems
79--------------
80
81* The tuner for the flyvideos isn't detected automatically and the
82  default might not work for you depending on which version you have.
83  There is a ``tuner=`` insmod option to override the driver's default.
84
85Credits
86-------
87
88andrew.stevens@philips.com + werner.leeb@philips.com for providing
89saa7134 hardware specs and sample board.
90