Kernel-Log – Was 2.6.31 bringt (2): Grafik, Audio und Video
Seite 2: Webcam- und TV-Treiber, die kleineren Perlen
Video
Im DVB/V4L-Subsystem gab es wie üblich hunderte Änderungen. Neu dabei ist der Treiber stv090x, der die unter anderem auf der TechnoTrend TT-budget S2-1600 verbauten DVB-S/S2/DSS-Chips von Intersil anspricht. Dazugestoßen ist auch der Treiber gspca-sn9c20x für die in Webcams verschiedener Hersteller eingesetzten USB-Chips sn9c201 und sn9c202. Verbesserte Unterstützung gibt es für einige Webcams der Logitech-Serie QuickCam Messenger; der Gspca-Treiber ov519 arbeitet nun auch mit den Chips ov511 und ov518 zusammen. Weitere Hintergründe zu den an Webcam- und TV-Treibern von Linux 2.6.31 vorgenommenen Änderungen liefern die Git-Pull-Request von Mauro Carvalho Chehab, dem Verwalter des V4L/DVB-Subsystems (1, 2, 3).
Die kleineren Perlen
Die englischen Überschriften von zahlreichen weiteren nicht ganz so wichtigen, aber keineswegs unbedeutenden Änderungen finden sich in der folgenden Liste. Die Einträge verlinken genau wie viele der Verweise im vorangegangenen Text auf den jeweiligen Commit im Webfrontend des Hauptentwicklungszweigs von Linux. Dort liefern der Commit-Kommentar und der Patch selbst zahlreiche weitere Informationen zu der jeweiligen Änderungen.
Kernel-Log – Was 2.6.31 bringt
Weitere Teile aus der Kernel-Log-Mini-Serie "Was 2.6.31 bringt", die wichtigsten Neuerungen der kommenden Kernel-Version zusammenfasst:
1. Netzwerk – Neue Treiber für LAN und WLAN
Der Artikel "Feintuning – Die Neuerungen von Linux 2.6.30" bietet eine Übersicht über die Neuerungen der derzeit aktuellen Kernel-Version der Hauptentwicklungslinie. Weitere Geschehnisse rund um den Linux-Kernel und andere Hardware-nahe Linux-Software finden Sie in den regulären Kernel-Logs Erwähnung.
Audio:
- ALSA: Add missing description of lx6464es to ALSA-Configuration.txt
- ALSA: bt87x - Add a quirk entry for Askey Computer Corp. MagicTView'99
- ALSA: ctxfi - Add depends on X86
- ALSA: ctxfi - Add PM support
- ALSA: ctxfi - Allow unknown PCI SSIDs
- ALSA: ctxfi - Fix endian-dependent codes
- ALSA: ctxfi - Remove PAGE_SIZE limitation
- ALSA: hda - Acer Aspire 8930G support
- ALSA: hda - Acer Inspire 6530G model for Realtek ALC888
- ALSA: hda - Add 7.1 support for MSI GX620
- ALSA: hda - Add a quirk entry for Macbook Pro 5,1
- ALSA: hda - Add Creative CA0110-IBG support
- ALSA: hda - Add digital-mic support to ALC262 auto model
- ALSA: hda - Add GPIO1 control at muting with HP laptops
- ALSA: hda - Addition for HP dv4-1222nr laptop support
- ALSA: hda - Add missing initializations for ALC268 and ALC269
- ALSA: hda - Add missing models for Realtek codecs
- ALSA: hda - Add model=6530g option
- ALSA: hda - Add pci-quirk for MSI MS-7350 motherboard.
- ALSA: hda - Add pin-sense trigger when needed for Realtek codecs
- ALSA: hda - Add quirk for Acer Aspire 6935G
- ALSA: hda - Add quirk for Dell Studio 1555
- ALSA: hda - Add quirk for Gateway T6834c laptop
- ALSA: hda - Add quirk for HP 6930p
- ALSA: hda - Add quirk for Sony VAIO Z21MN
- ALSA: hda - add quirk for STAC92xx (SigmaTel STAC9205)
- ALSA: hda - Add support of Samsung NC10 mini notebook
- ALSA: hda - Avoid conflicts with snd-ctxfi driver
- ALSA: hda - Clean up Realtek auto-mute unsol routines
- ALSA: hda: Correct EAPD for Dell Inspiron 1525
- ALSA: hda - Fix acer-aspire-6530g model quirk
- ALSA: hda - Fix pin-setup for Sony VAIO with STAC9872 codecs
- ALSA: hda - Fix quirk for Toshiba Satellite A135-S4527
- ALSA: hda - Fix secondary SPDIF on VT1708S and VT1702 codecs
- ALSA: hda - Fix support for Samsung P50 with AD1986A codec
- ALSA: hda - Generalize the pin-detect quirk for Lenovo N100
- ALSA: hda - Get back Input Source for ALC262 toshiba-s06 model
- ALSA: hda - Improve ASUS eeePC 1000 mixer
- ALSA: hda - Improved MacBook 3,1 support
- ALSA: hda - Line In for Acer Inspire 6530G model
- ALSA: hda - Macbook[Pro 5 6ch support]
- ALSA: hda - Make jack-plug notification selectable
- ALSA: hda - More Aspire 8930G fixes
- ALSA: hda - Support NVIDIA 8 channel HDMI audio
- ALSA: hda - Use model=acer-aspire-6530g for Acer Aspire 6930G
- ALSA: hdsp - Add a comment about external firmwares for hdsp
- ALSA: hdsp: allow firmware loading from inside the kernel
- ALSA: lx6464es - support standard alsa module parameters
- ALSA: pcm - Add logging of hwptr updates and interrupt updates
- ALSA: sc6000: add support for SC-6600 and SC-7000
- ALSA: support Sony Vaio TT
- ALSA: usb - Add boot quirk for C-Media 6206 USB Audio
- ALSA: usb-audio - Add quirk for Roland/Edirol M-16DX
- ALSA: usb-audio - quirk for USB Aureon cards
- ALSA: usb-audio - Volume control quirk for QuickCam E 3500
- ALSA: via82xx: add option to disable 500ms delay in snd_via82xx_codec_wait
- sound: virtuoso: add another DX PCI ID
- sound: virtuoso: add Xonar Essence ST support
- sound: virtuoso: enable HDAV S/PDIF input
- sound: virtuoso: fix Xonar D1/DX silence after resume
Audio - Asoc:
- ASoC: AC97 driver for mpc5200
- ASoC: Add driver for s6000 I2S interface
- ASoC: Added OMAP3 EVM support in ASoC.
- ASoC: Add TXx9 AC link controller driver (v3)
- ASoC: Add WM8960 CODEC driver
- ASoC: Add WM8988 CODEC driver
- ASoC: AFEB9260 driver
- ASoC: em-x270: make the driver support also eXeda and CM-X300 machines
- ASoC: IMote2 ASoC Support
- ASoC: remove BROKEN from Efika and pcm030 fabric drivers
- ASoC: s6105 IP camera machine specific ASoC code
- ASoC: Support for AC97 on Phytec pmc030 base board.
- ASoC: WM8940 Driver
- ASoC: WM9081 mono DAC with integrated 2.6W class AB/D amplifier driver
Graphics:
- agp/intel: Add support for new chipsets
- agp: switch AGP to use page array instead of unsigned long array
- drm/i915: Add chipset/feature defines for for new chipsets
- drm/i915: Add Display Port register defines
- drm/i915: add FIFO watermark support
- drm/i915: Add HDMI support on IGDNG
- drm/i915: Add LVDS support for IGDNG
- drm/i915: Add new chipset register definitions
- drm/i915: add per-output hotplug callback for KMS
- drm/i915: enable error detection Commit: 63eeaf38251183ec2b1caee11e4a2c040cb5ce6c state collection
- drm/i915: enable GEM on PAE.
- drm/i915: Save/restore cursor state on suspend/resume.
- drm/radeon: add rv740 drm support.
- drm/radeon: add some missing pci ids
- drm/radeon: add some new r7xx pci ids
- drm/radeon: add support for RV790.
- drm/radeon: command stream checker for r3xx-r5xx hardware
- drm/radeon: fix mobility flags on new PCI IDs.
- drm/radeon/kms: add initial colortiling support.
- drm: Remove memory debugging infrastructure.
- fbdev: do not allow VESA modes without compiled-in drivers
- fb/intelfb: conflict with DRM_I915 and hide by default
- MAINTAINERS: fbdev is orphaned
- ps3av: Set 16:9 aspect ratio for 720p video modes
- s3c-fb: CPUFREQ frequency scaling support
V4L/DVB:
- V4L/DVB (11239): sdio: add cards ids for sms (Siano Mobile Silicon) MDTV receivers
- V4L/DVB (11394): cx88: Add support for stereo and sap detection for A2
- V4L/DVB (11442): saa7134: BZ#7524: Add AVerTV Studio 507UA support
- V4L/DVB (11483): gspca - mr97310a: Webcam 093a:010f added.
- V4L/DVB (11486): em28xx: Add EmpireTV board support
- V4L/DVB (11491): af9015: support for AverMedia AVerTV Volar GPS 805 (A805)
- V4L/DVB (11492): af9015: support for Conceptronic USB2.0 DVB-T CTVDIGRCU V3.0
- V4L/DVB (11535): gspca - m5602-po1030: Add experimental QVGA support
- V4L/DVB (11544): gspca - m5602-mt9m111: Add experimental QVGA support
- V4L/DVB (11559): Siano: add support for infra-red (IR) controllers
- V4L/DVB (11567): saa7134: Added support for AVerMedia Cardbus Plus
- V4L/DVB (11571): Add Elgato EyeTV DTT deluxe to dibcom driver
- V4L/DVB (11665): cx88: Add support for the Hauppauge IROnly board.
- V4L/DVB (11682): STV0900/STV0903: Add support for Silicon cut >= 3
- V4L/DVB (11684): gspca - m5602-s5k4aa: Add experimental SXGA support
- V4L/DVB (11691): gspca - m5602-ov9650: Add ASUS A6K vflip quirk
- V4L/DVB (11717): gspca - sonixj: Webcams with bridge sn9c128 added
- V4L/DVB (11720): gspca - sonixj: Webcam 06f8:3008 added
- V4L/DVB (11730): af9015: support for KWorld MC810
- V4L/DVB (11735): Enables the Winfast TV2000 XP Global TV IR
- V4L/DVB (11742): TI THS7303 video amplifier driver code
- V4L/DVB (11743): Analog Devices ADV7343 video encoder driver
- V4L/DVB (11767): cx23885: Add preliminary support for the HVR1270
- V4L/DVB (11768): cx23885: add ATSC/QAM tuning support for Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1270
- V4L/DVB (11769): cx23885: add ATSC/QAM tuning support for Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1275
- V4L/DVB (11770): cx23885: add ATSC/QAM tuning support for Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1255
- V4L/DVB (11771): cx23885: add DVB-T tuning support for Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1210
- V4L/DVB (11775): tuner: add support Philips MK5 tuner
- V4L/DVB (11798): xc5000: add "no_poweroff" module option
- V4L/DVB (11800): tuner-xc2028: show the proper module description for no_poweroff option
- V4L/DVB (11803): xc5000: add support for DVB-T tuning
- V4L/DVB (11825): em28xx: add Terratec Grabby
- V4L/DVB (11827): Add support for Terratec Grabster AV350
- V4L/DVB (11830): dib0700: add support for Leadtek WinFast DTV Dongle H
- V4L/DVB (11831): dib0700: added USB IDs for Terratec T3 and T5
- V4L/DVB (11838): uvcvideo: Add Lenovo Thinkpad SL400 to device list comments
- V4L/DVB (11861): saa7134: enable digital tv support for Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1110r3
- V4L/DVB (11864): cx18: Complete support for Sliced and Raw VBI for 625 line systems
- V4L/DVB (11879): Adds support for Leadtek WinFast DTV-1800H
- V4L/DVB (11880): cx23885: support for card Mygica X8506 DMB-TH
- V4L/DVB (11883): Siano: cards - add two additional (USB) devices
- V4L/DVB (11915): af9015: support for Genius TVGo DVB-T03
- V4L/DVB (11925): em28xx: Add support for the K-World 2800d
- V4L/DVB (11933): tuner-simple, tveeprom: Add Philips FQ1216LME MK3 analog tuner
- V4L/DVB (11940): gspca - m5602-s5k4aa: Add vflip quirk for the Lenovo Y300
- V4L/DVB (11941): gspca - m5602-ov9650: Add vflip quirk for the ASUS A6VA
- V4L/DVB (11942): gspca - m5602-ov9650: Reorder quirk list and add A7V quirk
- V4L/DVB (11946): uvcvideo: Add support for Aveo Technology webcams
- V4L/DVB (11947): uvcvideo: Add support for FSC V30S webcams
- V4L/DVB (11950): cx18: Split LeadTek PVR2100 and DVR3100 H into 2 separate card entries
- V4L/DVB (11951): cx18: Add DVB-T support for the Leadtek WinFast DVR3100 H
- V4L/DVB (11971): gspca - doc: Add the 05a9:a518 webcam to the Documentation.
- V4L/DVB (11977): em28xx: Add Kworld 315 entry
- V4L/DVB (11982): Add keymaps for TeVii and TBS USB DVB-S/S2 cards
- V4L/DVB (11983): Add support for DVBWorld DVB-C USB Cable card.
- V4L/DVB (11984): Add support for yet another SDMC DM1105 based DVB-S card.
- V4L/DVB (11996): saa7134: add support for AVerMedia M103 (f736)
- V4L/DVB (12010): cx88: Properly support Leadtek TV2000 XP Global
- V4L/DVB (12074): gspca_ov519: Add 320x240 and 160x120 support for cif sensor cams
- V4L/DVB (12084): ov511: mark as deprecated
- V4L/DVB (12087): gspca_sonixj: enable support for 0c45:613e camera
- V4L/DVB (12088): Mark the v4l1 uvcvideo quickcam messenger driver as deprecated
- V4L/DVB (12091): gspca_sonixj: Add light frequency control
- V4L/DVB (12101): em28xx: add support for EVGA inDtube
- V4L/DVB (12102): em28xx: add Remote control support for EVGA inDtube
- V4L/DVB (12128): v4l2: update framework documentation.
- V4L/DVB (12135): Add a driver for mt9v011 sensor
- V4L/DVB (12138): em28xx: add support for Silvercrest Webcam
- V4L/DVB (12139): em28xx: add other video formats
- V4L/DVB (12172): em28xx: Add autodetection code for Silvercrest 1.3 mpix
- V4L/DVB (12181): get_dvb_firmware: Add Yuan MPC718 MT352 DVB-T "firmware" extraction
- V4L/DVB (12182): cx18: Add DVB-T support for Yuan MPC-718 cards with an MT352 or ZL10353
- V4L/DVB (12206): get_dvb_firmware: Correct errors in MPC718 firmware extraction logic
- V4L/DVB (12245): em28xx: add support for mt9m001 webcams
- V4L/DVB (12260): em28xx: make support work for the Pinnacle Hybrid Pro (eb1a:2881)
- V4L/DVB (12263): em28xx: set demod profile for Pinnacle Hybrid Pro 320e
Weitere HintergrĂĽnde und Informationen rund um Entwicklungen im Linux-Kernel und dessen Umfeld finden sich in vorangegangen Ausgaben des Kernel-Logs auf heise open. (thl/c't) (thl)