6.5.14.2. Frontend drivers¶
Note
There is no guarantee that every frontend driver works out of the box with every card, because of different wiring.
The demodulator chips can be used with a variety of tuner/PLL chips, and not all combinations are supported. Often the demodulator and tuner/PLL chip are inside a metal box for shielding, and the whole metal box has its own part number.
6.5.14.2.1. Common Interface (EN50221) controller drivers¶
Driver  | 
Name  | 
|---|---|
cxd2099  | 
Sony CXD2099AR Common Interface driver  | 
sp2  | 
CIMaX SP2  | 
6.5.14.2.2. ATSC (North American/Korean Terrestrial/Cable DTV) frontends¶
Driver  | 
Name  | 
|---|---|
au8522_dig  | 
Auvitek AU8522 based DTV demod  | 
au8522_decoder  | 
Auvitek AU8522 based ATV demod  | 
bcm3510  | 
Broadcom BCM3510  | 
lg2160  | 
LG Electronics LG216x based  | 
lgdt3305  | 
LG Electronics LGDT3304 and LGDT3305 based  | 
lgdt3306a  | 
LG Electronics LGDT3306A based  | 
lgdt330x  | 
LG Electronics LGDT3302/LGDT3303 based  | 
nxt200x  | 
NxtWave Communications NXT2002/NXT2004 based  | 
or51132  | 
Oren OR51132 based  | 
or51211  | 
Oren OR51211 based  | 
s5h1409  | 
Samsung S5H1409 based  | 
s5h1411  | 
Samsung S5H1411 based  | 
6.5.14.2.3. DVB-C (cable) frontends¶
Driver  | 
Name  | 
|---|---|
stv0297  | 
ST STV0297 based  | 
tda10021  | 
Philips TDA10021 based  | 
tda10023  | 
Philips TDA10023 based  | 
ves1820  | 
VLSI VES1820 based  | 
6.5.14.2.4. DVB-S (satellite) frontends¶
Driver  | 
Name  | 
|---|---|
cx24110  | 
Conexant CX24110 based  | 
cx24116  | 
Conexant CX24116 based  | 
cx24117  | 
Conexant CX24117 based  | 
cx24120  | 
Conexant CX24120 based  | 
cx24123  | 
Conexant CX24123 based  | 
ds3000  | 
Montage Technology DS3000 based  | 
mb86a16  | 
Fujitsu MB86A16 based  | 
mt312  | 
Zarlink VP310/MT312/ZL10313 based  | 
s5h1420  | 
Samsung S5H1420 based  | 
si21xx  | 
Silicon Labs SI21XX based  | 
stb6000  | 
ST STB6000 silicon tuner  | 
stv0288  | 
ST STV0288 based  | 
stv0299  | 
ST STV0299 based  | 
stv0900  | 
ST STV0900 based  | 
stv6110  | 
ST STV6110 silicon tuner  | 
tda10071  | 
NXP TDA10071  | 
tda10086  | 
Philips TDA10086 based  | 
tda8083  | 
Philips TDA8083 based  | 
tda8261  | 
Philips TDA8261 based  | 
tda826x  | 
Philips TDA826X silicon tuner  | 
ts2020  | 
Montage Technology TS2020 based tuners  | 
tua6100  | 
Infineon TUA6100 PLL  | 
cx24113  | 
Conexant CX24113/CX24128 tuner for DVB-S/DSS  | 
itd1000  | 
Integrant ITD1000 Zero IF tuner for DVB-S/DSS  | 
ves1x93  | 
VLSI VES1893 or VES1993 based  | 
zl10036  | 
Zarlink ZL10036 silicon tuner  | 
zl10039  | 
Zarlink ZL10039 silicon tuner  | 
6.5.14.2.5. DVB-T (terrestrial) frontends¶
Driver  | 
Name  | 
|---|---|
af9013  | 
Afatech AF9013 demodulator  | 
cx22700  | 
Conexant CX22700 based  | 
cx22702  | 
Conexant cx22702 demodulator (OFDM)  | 
cxd2820r  | 
Sony CXD2820R  | 
cxd2841er  | 
Sony CXD2841ER  | 
cxd2880  | 
Sony CXD2880 DVB-T2/T tuner + demodulator  | 
dib3000mb  | 
DiBcom 3000M-B  | 
dib3000mc  | 
DiBcom 3000P/M-C  | 
dib7000m  | 
DiBcom 7000MA/MB/PA/PB/MC  | 
dib7000p  | 
DiBcom 7000PC  | 
dib9000  | 
DiBcom 9000  | 
drxd  | 
Micronas DRXD driver  | 
ec100  | 
E3C EC100  | 
l64781  | 
LSI L64781  | 
mt352  | 
Zarlink MT352 based  | 
nxt6000  | 
NxtWave Communications NXT6000 based  | 
rtl2830  | 
Realtek RTL2830 DVB-T  | 
rtl2832  | 
Realtek RTL2832 DVB-T  | 
rtl2832_sdr  | 
Realtek RTL2832 SDR  | 
s5h1432  | 
Samsung s5h1432 demodulator (OFDM)  | 
si2168  | 
Silicon Labs Si2168  | 
sp8870  | 
Spase sp8870 based  | 
sp887x  | 
Spase sp887x based  | 
stv0367  | 
ST STV0367 based  | 
tda10048  | 
Philips TDA10048HN based  | 
tda1004x  | 
Philips TDA10045H/TDA10046H based  | 
zd1301_demod  | 
ZyDAS ZD1301  | 
zl10353  | 
Zarlink ZL10353 based  | 
6.5.14.2.6. Digital terrestrial only tuners/PLL¶
Driver  | 
Name  | 
|---|---|
dvb-pll  | 
Generic I2C PLL based tuners  | 
dib0070  | 
DiBcom DiB0070 silicon base-band tuner  | 
dib0090  | 
DiBcom DiB0090 silicon base-band tuner  | 
6.5.14.2.7. ISDB-S (satellite) & ISDB-T (terrestrial) frontends¶
Driver  | 
Name  | 
|---|---|
mn88443x  | 
Socionext MN88443x  | 
tc90522  | 
Toshiba TC90522  | 
6.5.14.2.8. ISDB-T (terrestrial) frontends¶
Driver  | 
Name  | 
|---|---|
dib8000  | 
DiBcom 8000MB/MC  | 
mb86a20s  | 
Fujitsu mb86a20s  | 
s921  | 
Sharp S921 frontend  | 
6.5.14.2.9. Multistandard (cable + terrestrial) frontends¶
Driver  | 
Name  | 
|---|---|
drxk  | 
Micronas DRXK based  | 
mn88472  | 
Panasonic MN88472  | 
mn88473  | 
Panasonic MN88473  | 
si2165  | 
Silicon Labs si2165 based  | 
tda18271c2dd  | 
NXP TDA18271C2 silicon tuner  | 
6.5.14.2.10. Multistandard (satellite) frontends¶
Driver  | 
Name  | 
|---|---|
m88ds3103  | 
Montage Technology M88DS3103  | 
mxl5xx  | 
MaxLinear MxL5xx based tuner-demodulators  | 
stb0899  | 
STB0899 based  | 
stb6100  | 
STB6100 based tuners  | 
stv090x  | 
STV0900/STV0903(A/B) based  | 
stv0910  | 
STV0910 based  | 
stv6110x  | 
STV6110/(A) based tuners  | 
stv6111  | 
STV6111 based tuners  | 
6.5.14.2.11. SEC control devices for DVB-S¶
Driver  | 
Name  | 
|---|---|
a8293  | 
Allegro A8293  | 
af9033  | 
Afatech AF9033 DVB-T demodulator  | 
ascot2e  | 
Sony Ascot2E tuner  | 
atbm8830  | 
AltoBeam ATBM8830/8831 DMB-TH demodulator  | 
drx39xyj  | 
Micronas DRX-J demodulator  | 
helene  | 
Sony HELENE Sat/Ter tuner (CXD2858ER)  | 
horus3a  | 
Sony Horus3A tuner  | 
isl6405  | 
ISL6405 SEC controller  | 
isl6421  | 
ISL6421 SEC controller  | 
isl6423  | 
ISL6423 SEC controller  | 
ix2505v  | 
Sharp IX2505V silicon tuner  | 
lgs8gl5  | 
Silicon Legend LGS-8GL5 demodulator (OFDM)  | 
lgs8gxx  | 
Legend Silicon LGS8913/LGS8GL5/LGS8GXX DMB-TH demodulator  | 
lnbh25  | 
LNBH25 SEC controller  | 
lnbh29  | 
LNBH29 SEC controller  | 
lnbp21  | 
LNBP21/LNBH24 SEC controllers  | 
lnbp22  | 
LNBP22 SEC controllers  | 
m88rs2000  | 
M88RS2000 DVB-S demodulator and tuner  | 
tda665x  | 
TDA665x tuner  | 
6.5.14.2.12. Tools to develop new frontends¶
Driver  | 
Name  | 
|---|---|
dvb_dummy_fe  | 
Dummy frontend driver  |