This tuner works with 2 modes: automatic gain mode and manual
gain mode. Put it into automatic mode, as we currently don't
have any API for manual gain adjustment.
The logic to allow setting the manual mode is there, as it is
just a few extra code. This way, if/when we latter add support
for setting the gain mode, the code is already there.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Antti Palosaari <crope@iki.fi>
Instead of a binary signal strength measure, use the tuner gain
to obtain a better estimation of the signal strength.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Antti Palosaari <crope@iki.fi>
This driver was written from scratch, based on an existing driver
that it is part of rtl-sdr git tree, released under GPLv2:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ultra-cheap-sdr/Y3rBEOFtHughttps://github.com/n1gp/gr-bazhttp://cgit.osmocom.org/rtl-sdr/plain/src/tuner_r820t.c
(there are also other variants of it out there)
>From what I understood from the threads, the original driver was converted
to userspace from a Realtek tree. I couldn't find the original tree.
However, the original driver look awkward on my eyes. So, I decided to
write a new version from it from the scratch, while trying to reproduce
everything found there.
TODO:
- After locking, the original driver seems to have some routines to
improve reception. This was not implemented here yet.
- RF Gain set/get is not implemented.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Antti Palosaari <crope@iki.fi>
Mauro Carvalho Chehab