Pinnacle PCTV usb Stick - FreeBSD

Hardware info on main page.

This page is about the Pinnacle PCTV USB Stick (DVB-T) under FreeBSD.

So far, I haven't found a FreeBSD driver for this device.

History

2008-02-05: machine upgraded to FreeBSD 6.3-stable. No change in (missing) driver for FreeBSD.

root@kg-htpc# uname -a
FreeBSD kg-htpc.kg4.no 6.3-STABLE FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE #2: Tue Feb 5 19:30:18 CET 2008 root@kg-htpc.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/HTPC i386
root@kg-htpc# lsusb
Bus /dev/usb3 Device /dev/ugen0: ID eb1a:2870 eMPIA Technology, Inc.

2007-12-16: lsusb output: Bus /dev/usb3 Device /dev/ugen1: ID eb1a:2870 eMPIA Technology, Inc.

Old info (from 2006): This is what I see when I plug it into a FreeBSD machine:

root@kg-quiet# uname -a
FreeBSD kg-quiet.kg4.no 6.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-PRERELEASE #4: Sat Mar 11 20:32:20 CET 2006
root@kg-quiet.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/QUIET amd64

From /var/log/messages:

Apr 23 00:26:20 kg-quiet kernel: ugen0: vendor 0xeb1a USB 2870 Device, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2

From 'usbdevs -v':

port 5 addr 2: high speed, power 500 mA, config 1, USB 2870 Device(0x2870), vendor 0xeb1a(0xeb1a), rev 1.00

In another machine:

root@kg-work# uname -a
FreeBSD kg-work.kg4.no 5.5-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 5.5-PRERELEASE #6: Sat Mar 11 18:50:33 CET 2006 root@kg-work.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SS51G i386

From /var/log/messages:

Apr 23 00:34:53 kg-work kernel: ugen0: vendor 0xeb1a USB 2870 Device, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2

From 'usbdevs -v':

port 6 addr 2: high speed, power 500 mA, config 1, USB 2870 Device(0x2870), vendor 0xeb1a(0xeb1a), rev 1.00