Digi-Flower DF-9100 - A.Logics DVR Card

[Normando]

Hello all

I have promoted linux and specially ZoneMinder for those people that has a poor windows DVR system (as always windoze crash, etc)

Well, now I stay in a problem. All capture cards has some clients are incompatible with linux, or at least I can't found the proper driver.
As an example, one of those cards cost 1200 dollars, has 16ch at 480fps, etc.
I am very frustrated to run these cards with ZM.

This is the case of DIGIFLOWER DF-9100. You can see this board at:
http://www.dfdvr.com/

The board has four input chips, one for each four cameras. Those are TECHWELL TW2804

And the main procesor is ALOGIC AM7416 ( http://www.alogics.co.kr/en/pro/7416.htm )

I have installed this card under XP to see what driver use, and this is the content of the DF_9xxx.inf file. Also I have the .sys file.

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[Version]
Signature=$CHICAGO$
Class=MEDIA
ClassGUID={4d36e96c-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Provider="DFDVR" ;%str_Provider%

[SourceDisksNames]
1="",,

[SourceDisksFiles]
DF_9xxx.sys=1

[DestinationDirs]
CopyVideoFiles 	  = 10,System32\Drivers

[Manufacturer]
%str_Manufacturer%=ALOGIC_SECTION

[ALOGIC_SECTION]
%VEN_1999&DEV_A900%=AM74AP08_Install,PCI\VEN_1999&DEV_A900
%VEN_A123&DEV_A000%=AM74AP08_Install,PCI\VEN_A123&DEV_A000

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;window 2000 Video ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
[AM74AP08_Install.NT]
CopyFiles=CopyVideoFiles

[AM74AP08_Install.NT.Services]
Addservice = AM74AP08, 0x00000002, AM74AP08_AddService

[AM74AP08_AddService]
DisplayName    = %str_AM74AP08%
ServiceType    = 1                  ; SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER
StartType      = 3                  ; SERVICE_DEMAND_START
ErrorControl   = 1                  ; SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL
ServiceBinary  = %10%\System32\Drivers\DF_9xxx.sys

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;Common Item ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
[CopyVideoFiles]
DF_9xxx.sys

[Strings]
str_Provider		="DFDVR"
str_Manufacturer	="DFDVR"
VEN_1999&DEV_A900	="DF-9xxx Device(AM7416 & PCI Bridge)"
VEN_A123&DEV_A000	="DF-9xxx AM7416 Device(AM7416 & PCI Bridge)"
str_AM74AP08		="DF-9xxx AM7416 Driver(AM7416 & PCI Bridge)"

lspci output show me:

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05:01.0 Multimedia video controller: Unknown device 1999:a900 (rev 01)

and lspci -vn

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05:01.0 Class 0400: 1999:a900 (rev 01)
        Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 201
        Memory at faffdc00 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=1K]

I have searched over all forum and wiki. At the wiki are one DIGIFLOWER card but it seam not similar to the one I have.

Is there a chance to make a drive for linux from XP driver? Sorry for the stupid question.

regards
Normando

[cordel]

Unfortunately there are no Techwell drivers in the kernel code and t not as simple as adding support for the bt8x8 chipset.

Also the only person I see interested in doing so or has already done so, his employer is not allowing him to publish the code at this time so it don't seem that there will be any drivers for it any time soon.

[Normando]

Thank for the reply Cordel.

Well, I will try to find a high level cards compatible with linux (more than 400fps).

regards