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author | Johannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org> | 2005-05-17 00:54:41 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> | 2005-05-17 10:59:33 -0400 |
commit | 50b215a05878ce9636dace6cd21f7e91ff005058 (patch) | |
tree | 0d3f67aeff9efceb3575dd902d91d21e02638f3d /Documentation/dvb/ci.txt | |
parent | daeb6aa40be55b0750aea92dea78b8ebc40ca9a8 (diff) |
[PATCH] dvb: DST: reorganize Twinhan DST driver to support CI
- reorganize Twinhan DST driver to support CI
- add support for more cards
(Manu Abraham)
Signed-off-by: Johannes Stezenbach <js@linuxtv.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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1 | * For the user | ||
2 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
3 | NOTE: This document describes the usage of the high level CI API as | ||
4 | in accordance to the Linux DVB API. This is a not a documentation for the, | ||
5 | existing low level CI API. | ||
6 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
7 | |||
8 | To utilize the High Level CI capabilities, | ||
9 | |||
10 | (1*) This point is valid only for the Twinhan/clones | ||
11 | For the Twinhan/Twinhan clones, the dst_ca module handles the CI | ||
12 | hardware handling.This module is loaded automatically if a CI | ||
13 | (Common Interface, that holds the CAM (Conditional Access Module) | ||
14 | is detected. | ||
15 | |||
16 | (2) one requires a userspace application, ca_zap. This small userland | ||
17 | application is in charge of sending the descrambling related information | ||
18 | to the CAM. | ||
19 | |||
20 | This application requires the following to function properly as of now. | ||
21 | |||
22 | (a) Tune to a valid channel, with szap. | ||
23 | eg: $ szap -c channels.conf -r "TMC" -x | ||
24 | |||
25 | (b) a channels.conf containing a valid PMT PID | ||
26 | |||
27 | eg: TMC:11996:h:0:27500:278:512:650:321 | ||
28 | |||
29 | here 278 is a valid PMT PID. the rest of the values are the | ||
30 | same ones that szap uses. | ||
31 | |||
32 | (c) after running a szap, you have to run ca_zap, for the | ||
33 | descrambler to function, | ||
34 | |||
35 | eg: $ ca_zap patched_channels.conf "TMC" | ||
36 | |||
37 | The patched means a patch to apply to scan, such that scan can | ||
38 | generate a channels.conf_with pmt, which has this PMT PID info | ||
39 | (NOTE: szap cannot use this channels.conf with the PMT_PID) | ||
40 | |||
41 | |||
42 | (d) Hopeflly Enjoy your favourite subscribed channel as you do with | ||
43 | a FTA card. | ||
44 | |||
45 | (3) Currently ca_zap, and dst_test, both are meant for demonstration | ||
46 | purposes only, they can become full fledged applications if necessary. | ||
47 | |||
48 | |||
49 | * Cards that fall in this category | ||
50 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
51 | At present the cards that fall in this category are the Twinhan and it's | ||
52 | clones, these cards are available as VVMER, Tomato, Hercules, Orange and | ||
53 | so on. | ||
54 | |||
55 | * CI modules that are supported | ||
56 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
57 | The CI module support is largely dependant upon the firmware on the cards | ||
58 | Some cards do support almost all of the available CI modules. There is | ||
59 | nothing much that can be done in order to make additional CI modules | ||
60 | working with these cards. | ||
61 | |||
62 | Modules that have been tested by this driver at present are | ||
63 | |||
64 | (1) Irdeto 1 and 2 from SCM | ||
65 | (2) Viaccess from SCM | ||
66 | (3) Dragoncam | ||
67 | |||
68 | * The High level CI API | ||
69 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
70 | |||
71 | * For the programmer | ||
72 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
73 | With the High Level CI approach any new card with almost any random | ||
74 | architecture can be implemented with this style, the definitions | ||
75 | insidethe switch statement can be easily adapted for any card, thereby | ||
76 | eliminating the need for any additional ioctls. | ||
77 | |||
78 | The disadvantage is that the driver/hardware has to manage the rest. For | ||
79 | the application programmer it would be as simple as sending/receiving an | ||
80 | array to/from the CI ioctls as defined in the Linux DVB API. No changes | ||
81 | have been made in the API to accomodate this feature. | ||
82 | |||
83 | |||
84 | * Why the need for another CI interface ? | ||
85 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
86 | This is one of the most commonly asked question. Well a nice question. | ||
87 | Strictly speaking this is not a new interface. | ||
88 | |||
89 | The CI interface is defined in the DVB API in ca.h as | ||
90 | |||
91 | typedef struct ca_slot_info { | ||
92 | int num; /* slot number */ | ||
93 | |||
94 | int type; /* CA interface this slot supports */ | ||
95 | #define CA_CI 1 /* CI high level interface */ | ||
96 | #define CA_CI_LINK 2 /* CI link layer level interface */ | ||
97 | #define CA_CI_PHYS 4 /* CI physical layer level interface */ | ||
98 | #define CA_DESCR 8 /* built-in descrambler */ | ||
99 | #define CA_SC 128 /* simple smart card interface */ | ||
100 | |||
101 | unsigned int flags; | ||
102 | #define CA_CI_MODULE_PRESENT 1 /* module (or card) inserted */ | ||
103 | #define CA_CI_MODULE_READY 2 | ||
104 | } ca_slot_info_t; | ||
105 | |||
106 | |||
107 | |||
108 | This CI interface follows the CI high level interface, which is not | ||
109 | implemented by most applications. Hence this area is revisited. | ||
110 | |||
111 | This CI interface is quite different in the case that it tries to | ||
112 | accomodate all other CI based devices, that fall into the other categories | ||
113 | |||
114 | This means that this CI interface handles the EN50221 style tags in the | ||
115 | Application layer only and no session management is taken care of by the | ||
116 | application. The driver/hardware will take care of all that. | ||
117 | |||
118 | This interface is purely an EN50221 interface exchanging APDU's. This | ||
119 | means that no session management, link layer or a transport layer do | ||
120 | exist in this case in the application to driver communication. It is | ||
121 | as simple as that. The driver/hardware has to take care of that. | ||
122 | |||
123 | |||
124 | With this High Level CI interface, the interface can be defined with the | ||
125 | regular ioctls. | ||
126 | |||
127 | All these ioctls are also valid for the High level CI interface | ||
128 | |||
129 | #define CA_RESET _IO('o', 128) | ||
130 | #define CA_GET_CAP _IOR('o', 129, ca_caps_t) | ||
131 | #define CA_GET_SLOT_INFO _IOR('o', 130, ca_slot_info_t) | ||
132 | #define CA_GET_DESCR_INFO _IOR('o', 131, ca_descr_info_t) | ||
133 | #define CA_GET_MSG _IOR('o', 132, ca_msg_t) | ||
134 | #define CA_SEND_MSG _IOW('o', 133, ca_msg_t) | ||
135 | #define CA_SET_DESCR _IOW('o', 134, ca_descr_t) | ||
136 | #define CA_SET_PID _IOW('o', 135, ca_pid_t) | ||
137 | |||
138 | |||
139 | On querying the device, the device yields information thus | ||
140 | |||
141 | CA_GET_SLOT_INFO | ||
142 | ---------------------------- | ||
143 | Command = [info] | ||
144 | APP: Number=[1] | ||
145 | APP: Type=[1] | ||
146 | APP: flags=[1] | ||
147 | APP: CI High level interface | ||
148 | APP: CA/CI Module Present | ||
149 | |||
150 | CA_GET_CAP | ||
151 | ---------------------------- | ||
152 | Command = [caps] | ||
153 | APP: Slots=[1] | ||
154 | APP: Type=[1] | ||
155 | APP: Descrambler keys=[16] | ||
156 | APP: Type=[1] | ||
157 | |||
158 | CA_SEND_MSG | ||
159 | ---------------------------- | ||
160 | Descriptors(Program Level)=[ 09 06 06 04 05 50 ff f1] | ||
161 | Found CA descriptor @ program level | ||
162 | |||
163 | (20) ES type=[2] ES pid=[201] ES length =[0 (0x0)] | ||
164 | (25) ES type=[4] ES pid=[301] ES length =[0 (0x0)] | ||
165 | ca_message length is 25 (0x19) bytes | ||
166 | EN50221 CA MSG=[ 9f 80 32 19 03 01 2d d1 f0 08 01 09 06 06 04 05 50 ff f1 02 e0 c9 00 00 04 e1 2d 00 00] | ||
167 | |||
168 | |||
169 | Not all ioctl's are implemented in the driver from the API, the other | ||
170 | features of the hardware that cannot be implemented by the API are achieved | ||
171 | using the CA_GET_MSG and CA_SEND_MSG ioctls. An EN50221 style wrapper is | ||
172 | used to exchange the data to maintain compatibility with other hardware. | ||
173 | |||
174 | |||
175 | /* a message to/from a CI-CAM */ | ||
176 | typedef struct ca_msg { | ||
177 | unsigned int index; | ||
178 | unsigned int type; | ||
179 | unsigned int length; | ||
180 | unsigned char msg[256]; | ||
181 | } ca_msg_t; | ||
182 | |||
183 | |||
184 | The flow of data can be described thus, | ||
185 | |||
186 | |||
187 | |||
188 | |||
189 | |||
190 | App (User) | ||
191 | ----- | ||
192 | parse | ||
193 | | | ||
194 | | | ||
195 | v | ||
196 | en50221 APDU (package) | ||
197 | -------------------------------------- | ||
198 | | | | High Level CI driver | ||
199 | | | | | ||
200 | | v | | ||
201 | | en50221 APDU (unpackage) | | ||
202 | | | | | ||
203 | | | | | ||
204 | | v | | ||
205 | | sanity checks | | ||
206 | | | | | ||
207 | | | | | ||
208 | | v | | ||
209 | | do (H/W dep) | | ||
210 | -------------------------------------- | ||
211 | | Hardware | ||
212 | | | ||
213 | v | ||
214 | |||
215 | |||
216 | |||
217 | |||
218 | The High Level CI interface uses the EN50221 DVB standard, following a | ||
219 | standard ensures futureproofness. | ||