Broadcom Crystal HD BCM70015 PCIe Card

[rekabe]

My kernel is 2.6.38.8-pclos3.bfs and both packages are installed.

[T6]

with this card, not sure if something has to be done in pcc or in xorg

[rekabe]

Now to get it to work.

[rekabe]

I tried to build the driver from source as there is no binary available.
The source is available on the Broadcom website.
My first attempt at building a driver or program from source.
Got stuck at this . Oh well.

make
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.38.8-pclos3.bfs/build SUBDIRS=/home/allen/Downloads/crystalhd_linux_20100703/07032010/driver/linux modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-devel-2.6.38.8-pclos3.bfs'
  CC [M]  /home/allen/Downloads/crystalhd_linux_20100703/07032010/driver/linux/crystalhd_lnx.o
/home/allen/Downloads/crystalhd_linux_20100703/07032010/driver/linux/crystalhd_lnx.c:356:2: error: unknown field ‘ioctl’ specified in initialiser
cc1: warnings being treated as errors
/home/allen/Downloads/crystalhd_linux_20100703/07032010/driver/linux/crystalhd_lnx.c:356:2: error: initialisation from incompatible pointer type
make[2]: *** [/home/allen/Downloads/crystalhd_linux_20100703/07032010/driver/linux/crystalhd_lnx.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/allen/Downloads/crystalhd_linux_20100703/07032010/driver/linux] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-devel-2.6.38.8-pclos3.bfs'
make: *** [all] Error 2

[T6]

i'm a little lost here, if you installed the driver form synaptic, why do you need to build another driver that is already installed?

a driver is not a binary, if you need a binary to configure how the card works, the driver is not the binary and i can't find more information about it

[rekabe]

T6 the repos have the support libraries for the card but not the device driver. This is the driver I was attempting to build from source.

[Just17]

The driver appears to be available in PCLOS ......

Code: [Select]

$ locate crystal
/lib/modules/2.6.38.8-pclos3.bfs/kernel/drivers/staging/crystalhd
/lib/modules/2.6.38.8-pclos3.bfs/kernel/drivers/staging/crystalhd/crystalhd.ko.gz
/lib/modules/2.6.38.8-pclos3.pae.bfs/kernel/drivers/staging/crystalhd
/lib/modules/2.6.38.8-pclos3.pae.bfs/kernel/drivers/staging/crystalhd/crystalhd.ko.gz

[T6]

don't understand the problem here then, all is on place, it should be working now 

[rekabe]

Thanks Just18. I previously ran lsmod in a terminal and didn't find any crystalhd modules.
I then typed modinfo and got this

modinfo crystalhd
filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.38.8-pclos3.bfs/kernel/drivers/staging/crystalhd/crystalhd.ko.gz
alias:          bcm70012
license:        GPL
description:    Broadcom Crystal HD Decoder (BCM70012) Driver
author:         Prasad Bolisetty <prasadb@broadcom.com>
author:         Naren Sankar <nsankar@broadcom.com>
srcversion:     B9EF8BF34CB48315F6534D9
alias:          pci:v000014E4d00001612sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends:
staging:        Y
vermagic:       2.6.38.8-pclos3.bfs SMP preempt mod_unload modversions 686

My guess is that the module bcm70012 was not loaded at boot time.
The card installed is a bcm70015 which is the updated version of the bcm70012.
Will try to load the module and see what happens.

[Just17]

# modprobe crystalhd

If you use bcm70012 it will load crystalhd module 

[T6]

shouldn't be used the 70015?

[Just17]

shouldn't be used the 70015?

The driver is   crystalhd  .....  and hopefully it supports the bcm70015

bcm70012 is just an alias .....  probably to help for those systems which previously used a specificly named bcm70012  driver.

That is how I read it ....  but have been known to be wrong  

Some links that may be of interest

http://www.broadcom.com/products/features/crystal_hd.php

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODk2Ng

[rekabe]

That worked Just18 the module was loaded.
Will enable it to load at boot.
How do I check if crystalhd support is enabled in mplayer which is listed in the repos?

[Just17]

Add  crystalhd   to   /etc/modprobe.preload .....  ensuring the file ends with a blank line. You need to be root to edit the file.
That should ensure the module is loaded at each boot.

How do I check if crystalhd support is enabled in mplayer which is listed in the repos?

Try using it  

You should try a few apps to see which works best for you ......  VLC, Kaffeine, Kmplayer etc.

Hopefully things will work out for you.