1 Introduction

KSWsaa713x is a Solaris device driver package designed for Philips SAA7130/SAA7133/SAA7134/SAA7135 chipset, and is part of "Video4Linux for Solaris" suite. Main component of this package is saa713x driver, which is derived from Linux SAA7134 driver. It provides Video4Linux2 compatible APIs under Solaris.

1.1 Implemented and Unimplemented Features

1.1.1 Implemented Features

• Video4Linux Version 2 compatible API set
• video capture
• video control capability (signal selection, picture control)
• mmap(2) interface (zero-copy read)
• read(2) interface
• tuner control

1.1.2 Implemented-But-Not-Tested Features

• amd64 support – I have Sun W1100z, but it has PCI-X slot only ;-(
• SPARC v7 support – I have Sun Blade100, but 32-bit kernel doesn't run on it ;-(
• S-Video and composite video input
• multiple norms (NTSC, PAL)
• radio
• analog audio control (signal selection)
• SMP system support
• 64-bit PCI bus support

1.1.3 Unimplemented Features

• overlay support
• subcapture support
• user pointer mmap(2) capability
• power management and system suspend
• select(2) / poll(2) interface
• digital audio interface
• VBI (vertical blanking interval) data capture

1.2 Content of package

KSWsaa713x (for SPARC) contains following files:

/platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/saa713x

Kernel mode driver. (32 bit module)

/platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/sparcv9/saa713x

Kernel mode driver. (64 bit module)

/platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/saa713x.conf

Driver configuration file. (refered as driver.conf)

KSWsaa713x (for x86) contains following files:

/platform/i86pc/kernel/drv/saa713x

Kernel mode driver. (32 bit module)

/platform/i86pc/kernel/drv/amd64/saa713x

Kernel mode driver. (64 bit module)

/platform/i86pc/kernel/drv/saa713x.conf

Driver configuration file. (refered as driver.conf)

1.3 Requirements

1.3.1 Hardware Requirement

• Capture card which uses SAA713x chipset: Following chipset are supported:
  • Philips SAA7130
  • Philips SAA7133
  • Philips SAA7134
  • Philips SAA7135
• Antenna cable: You need anntenna cable if you want to watch broadcast TV or cable TV.
• Audio cable: You need external audio cable (saa713x driver does not have digital audio recording capability yet). Connect audio-out of capture card to line-in of sound card or other audio instrument.
• SPARC workstation or x86/x64-based PC with 32-bit PCI slot: For SPARC platforms you may need UltraSPARC (or of later generation) processor system for PCI support. Driver should run on SMP systems, but I did not test it actually.

1.3.2 Software Requirement

• Solaris 10: Tested platform is Solaris 10 GA.
• KSWv4lcmn package
• root privilege

1.3.3 Optional Requirement for Developing

• C compiler: You can use Sun C compiler and GCC.
  • C99 syntax should be supported to compile driver.
  • Compiler and linker should be 64-bit ready to create 64-bit driver.
  • GCC-2.x is not supported in building driver.

  As a result, you probably choose Sun Studio 10 C compiler or GCC 3.x. Sun Studio 10 C compiler is now freely available; visit http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/tools/sun_studio_tools/. GCC 3.x with amd64 support is bundled with Solaris10 GA.

• sourceforge Account: CVS committer must be sourceforge user.

1.4 Getting Latest Package

saa713x driver and “Video4Linux for Solaris” are still in developing. Latest package can be obtained via anonymous CVS. Visit http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/saa713x/captors-2/.

Relatively stable version can be found at download site http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=68093.