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-rw-r--r--drivers/media/dvb/frontends/cx22702.c22
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/cx22702.c b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/cx22702.c
index faba8248508..edc8eafc5c0 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/cx22702.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/cx22702.c
@@ -502,10 +502,26 @@ static int cx22702_read_signal_strength(struct dvb_frontend *fe,
u16 *signal_strength)
{
struct cx22702_state *state = fe->demodulator_priv;
+ u8 reg23;
- u16 rs_ber;
- rs_ber = cx22702_readreg(state, 0x23);
- *signal_strength = (rs_ber << 8) | rs_ber;
+ /*
+ * Experience suggests that the strength signal register works as
+ * follows:
+ * - In the absence of signal, value is 0xff.
+ * - In the presence of a weak signal, bit 7 is set, not sure what
+ * the lower 7 bits mean.
+ * - In the presence of a strong signal, the register holds a 7-bit
+ * value (bit 7 is cleared), with greater values standing for
+ * weaker signals.
+ */
+ reg23 = cx22702_readreg(state, 0x23);
+ if (reg23 & 0x80) {
+ *signal_strength = 0;
+ } else {
+ reg23 = ~reg23 & 0x7f;
+ /* Scale to 16 bit */
+ *signal_strength = (reg23 << 9) | (reg23 << 2) | (reg23 >> 5);
+ }
return 0;
}