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.  See http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/pip/saa7134hl for a
11description.
12
13
14Status
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16
17Almost everything is working.  video, sound, tuner, radio, mpeg ts, ...
18
19As with bttv, card-specific tweaks are needed.  Check CARDLIST for a
20list of known TV cards and saa7134-cards.c for the drivers card
21configuration info.
22
23
24Build
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26
27Pick up videodev + v4l2 patches from http://bytesex.org/patches/.
28Configure, build, install + boot the new kernel.  You'll need at least
29these config options:
30
31.. code-block:: none
32
33	CONFIG_I2C=m
34	CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV=m
35
36Type "make" to build the driver now.  "make install" installs the
37driver.  "modprobe saa7134" should load it.  Depending on the card you
38might have to pass card=<nr> as insmod option, check CARDLIST for
39valid choices.
40
41
42Changes / Fixes
43---------------
44
45Please mail me unified diffs ("diff -u") with your changes, and don't
46forget to tell me what it changes / which problem it fixes / whatever
47it is good for ...
48
49
50Known Problems
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52
53* The tuner for the flyvideos isn't detected automatically and the
54  default might not work for you depending on which version you have.
55  There is a tuner= insmod option to override the driver's default.
56
57Credits
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59
60andrew.stevens@philips.com + werner.leeb@philips.com for providing
61saa7134 hardware specs and sample board.
62