Re: Please mail ATI

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 2 Apr 1998 01:19:10 +0100 (BST)

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> They have stated in emails to me that the card contains
> hardware that they have licenced from other companys, and
> can therefore legally not release information on. I can
> only assume they are refering to the BT829 chip, and
> the Philips tuner. I have spec books on the Bt829, and
> the kernel allready has code in it to deal with
> the Philips tuner. The problem being the BT829's
> regisiters are accessed via what ATI calls a Multimedia
> channel, which I have no information on.

As far as I can tell the multimedia channel is an I2C bus and
a slightly updated VESA feature connector. I didnt bother
pursuing ATI [Rhymes with Dont Buy btw ;)] as almost every
other TV card is working with the BT848 driver.

Alan

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