[mythtv-users] BCM3510 Firmware

[Steve Malenfant]

They were there before...  That's where I got mine for the Air2PC
first generation.  Maybe it got removed (legal problem) or maybe
deleted by error.

You should ask that question on the linux-dvb list.

Steve M.

On 2/26/06, Mike Miller <mdm at torg.org> wrote:
> Does anyone have any idea where I can get firmware for my Air2PC card?
>
> According to the bbti page the firmware is on linuxtv.org.  *WRONG*
>
> According to
> http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/personal/angel/mythtv/air2pc-howto.html you
> can compile it with dvb-kernel.  *WRONG*
>
> So far I have looked and all I can find in refernce to the firmware
> (other then dmesg complaining over and over) is the patch to the dvb
> source under bcm3510.c:
>
>   1 <http://www.linux-m32r.org/lxr/http/source/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/bcm3510.c#L1> *//*/*
>   2 <http://www.linux-m32r.org/lxr/http/source/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/bcm3510.c#L2> */ * Support for the Broadcom BCM3510 ATSC demodulator (1st generation Air2PC)/*
>   3 <http://www.linux-m32r.org/lxr/http/source/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/bcm3510.c#L3> */ */*
>   4 <http://www.linux-m32r.org/lxr/http/source/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/bcm3510.c#L4> */ *  Copyright (C) 2001-5, B2C2 inc./*
>   5 <http://www.linux-m32r.org/lxr/http/source/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/bcm3510.c#L5> */ */*
>   6 <http://www.linux-m32r.org/lxr/http/source/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/bcm3510.c#L6> */ *  GPL/Linux driver written by Patrick Boettcher <patrick.boettcher at desy.de>/*
>   7 <http://www.linux-m32r.org/lxr/http/source/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/bcm3510.c#L7> */ */*
>   8 <http://www.linux-m32r.org/lxr/http/source/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/bcm3510.c#L8> */ *  This driver is "hard-coded" to be used with the 1st generation of/*
>   9 <http://www.linux-m32r.org/lxr/http/source/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/bcm3510.c#L9> */ *  Technisat/B2C2's Air2PC ATSC PCI/USB cards/boxes. The pll-programming/*
>  10 <http://www.linux-m32r.org/lxr/http/source/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/bcm3510.c#L10> */ *  (Panasonic CT10S) is located here, which is actually wrong. Unless there is/*
>  11 <http://www.linux-m32r.org/lxr/http/source/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/bcm3510.c#L11> */ *  another device with a BCM3510, this is no problem./*
>  12 <http://www.linux-m32r.org/lxr/http/source/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/bcm3510.c#L12> */ */*
>  13 <http://www.linux-m32r.org/lxr/http/source/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/bcm3510.c#L13> */ *  The driver works also with QAM64 DVB-C, but had an unreasonable high/*
>  14 <http://www.linux-m32r.org/lxr/http/source/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/bcm3510.c#L14> */ *  UNC. (Tested with the Air2PC ATSC 1st generation)/*
>  15 <http://www.linux-m32r.org/lxr/http/source/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/bcm3510.c#L15> */ */*
>  16 <http://www.linux-m32r.org/lxr/http/source/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/bcm3510.c#L16> */ *  You'll need a firmware for this driver in order to get it running. It is/*
>  17 <http://www.linux-m32r.org/lxr/http/source/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/bcm3510.c#L17> */ *  called "dvb-fe-bcm3510-01.fw"./*
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> However it does not compile this firmware nor is it downloadable from
> the site.
>
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