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    [media] stb0899: return internally tuned frequency via get_frontend. · 226143f9
    Reinhard Nissl authored
    Am 14.08.2012 14:05, schrieb Manu Abraham:
    >> My other device, a STB0899, always reports the set frequency. So it seems
    >> driver dependent whether it reports the actually locked frequency found by
    >> the zig-zag-algorithm or just the set frequency to tune to.
    >
    > The STV0299 blindly sets the value based on a software zigzag (due to simpler
    > hardware), but this might not be accurate enough. On the other hand, the
    > STB0899 internally does zig-zag in hardware for DVB-S2, and partly in
    > software for DVB-S.
    >
    > In any event, the get_frontend callback should return the value that is read
    > from the demodulator registers, rather than the cached original value that
    > which was requested to be tuned.
    >
    > The stb0899 returns only the cached value IIRC. Maybe I will fix this soon,
    > or maybe you can send a patch.
    This is what I get after the patch:
    
    Sat.    Pol.    Band    Freq (MHz) Set    Freq (MHz) Get    Delta (MHz)
    S19,2E    H     L       10744             10748,474         4,474
    S19,2E    H     L       10773             10777,944         4,944
    S19,2E    H     L       10832             10836,953         4,953
    S19,2E    H     L       10861             10868,774         7,774
    ...
    Signed-off-by: default avatarReinhard Nißl <rnissl@gmx.de>
    Cc: Manu Abraham <abraham.manu@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
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