Revision 0ea457839d050370e0f7c75c81f9abd573e1f420 authored by Linus Torvalds on 10 February 2010, 15:15:21 UTC, committed by Linus Torvalds on 10 February 2010, 15:15:21 UTC
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (29 commits)
  drivers/net: Correct NULL test
  MAINTAINERS: networking drivers - Add git net-next tree
  net/sched: Fix module name in Kconfig
  cxgb3: fix GRO checksum check
  dst: call cond_resched() in dst_gc_task()
  netfilter: nf_conntrack: fix hash resizing with namespaces
  netfilter: xtables: compat out of scope fix
  netfilter: nf_conntrack: restrict runtime expect hashsize modifications
  netfilter: nf_conntrack: per netns nf_conntrack_cachep
  netfilter: nf_conntrack: fix memory corruption with multiple namespaces
  Bluetooth: Keep a copy of each HID device's report descriptor
  pktgen: Fix freezing problem
  igb: make certain to reassign legacy interrupt vectors after reset
  irda: add missing BKL in irnet_ppp ioctl
  irda: unbalanced lock_kernel in irnet_ppp
  ixgbe: Fix return of invalid txq
  ixgbe: Fix ixgbe_tx_map error path
  netxen: protect resource cleanup by rtnl lock
  netxen: fix tx timeout recovery for NX2031 chip
  Bluetooth: Enter active mode before establishing a SCO link.
  ...
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bt8xxgpio.txt
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==  BT8XXGPIO driver                                         ==
==                                                           ==
==  A driver for a selfmade cheap BT8xx based PCI GPIO-card  ==
==                                                           ==
==  For advanced documentation, see                          ==
==  http://www.bu3sch.de/btgpio.php                          ==
===============================================================


A generic digital 24-port PCI GPIO card can be built out of an ordinary
Brooktree bt848, bt849, bt878 or bt879 based analog TV tuner card. The
Brooktree chip is used in old analog Hauppauge WinTV PCI cards. You can easily
find them used for low prices on the net.

The bt8xx chip does have 24 digital GPIO ports.
These ports are accessible via 24 pins on the SMD chip package.


==============================================
==  How to physically access the GPIO pins  ==
==============================================

The are several ways to access these pins. One might unsolder the whole chip
and put it on a custom PCI board, or one might only unsolder each individual
GPIO pin and solder that to some tiny wire. As the chip package really is tiny
there are some advanced soldering skills needed in any case.

The physical pinouts are drawn in the following ASCII art.
The GPIO pins are marked with G00-G23

                                           G G G G G G G G G G G G     G G G G G G
                                           0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1     1 1 1 1 1 1
                                           0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1     2 3 4 5 6 7
           | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
           ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
         --|                               ^                                     ^   |--
         --|                               pin 86                           pin 67   |--
         --|                                                                         |--
         --|                                                               pin 61 >  |-- G18
         --|                                                                         |-- G19
         --|                                                                         |-- G20
         --|                                                                         |-- G21
         --|                                                                         |-- G22
         --|                                                               pin 56 >  |-- G23
         --|                                                                         |--
         --|                           Brooktree 878/879                             |--
         --|                                                                         |--
         --|                                                                         |--
         --|                                                                         |--
         --|                                                                         |--
         --|                                                                         |--
         --|                                                                         |--
         --|                                                                         |--
         --|                                                                         |--
         --|                                                                         |--
         --|                                                                         |--
         --|                                                                         |--
         --|                                                                         |--
         --|                                                                         |--
         --|   O                                                                     |--
         --|                                                                         |--
           ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
           | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
           ^
           This is pin 1

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