From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965451AbXCAR0k (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Mar 2007 12:26:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965456AbXCAR0k (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Mar 2007 12:26:40 -0500 Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]:56197 "EHLO agminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965451AbXCAR0j (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Mar 2007 12:26:39 -0500 Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 09:10:59 -0800 From: Randy Dunlap To: "Uwe Bugla" Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-dvb@linuxtv.org, domi.dumont@free.fr, Jiri Slaby , bunk@stusta.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Stephane Eranian , venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com Subject: Re: patch 1 / 3: fix broken documentation for bt8xx cards Message-Id: <20070301091059.cdc837a8.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: <20070301142904.29930@gmx.net> References: <20070301142904.29930@gmx.net> Organization: Oracle Linux Eng. X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.3.1 (GTK+ 2.8.10; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:29:04 +0100 Uwe Bugla wrote: > --- a/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt > +++ b/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt > @@ -9,9 +9,33 @@ > Please see Documentation/dvb/cards.txt => o Cards based on the Conexant Bt8xx PCI bridge: > > Compiling kernel please enable: > -a.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Video For Linux" => "BT848 Video For Linux" > +a.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Video For Linux" => "Enable Video for Linux API 1 (DEPRECATED)" > -b.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting Devices" > - => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "Bt8xx based PCI Cards" > +b.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Video For Linux" => "Video Capture Adapters" => "BT848 Video For Linux" > +c.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting Devices" => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "Bt8xx based PCI Cards" > + > +Please use the following options with care as deselection of drivers which are in fact necessary > +may result in DVB devices that cannot be tuned due to lack of driver support: > +You can save RAM by deselecting every frontend or DST module that your DVB card does not need. Please limit (prose) text to less than 80 columns. Thanks. > + > +First please remove the static dependency of DVB card drivers on all frontend modules for all possible card variants by enabling: > +d.) "Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting Devices" > + => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "Load and attach frontend modules as needed" > + > +If you know the frontend driver that your card needs please enable: > +e.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting Devices" > + => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "Customise DVB Frontends" => "Customise the frontend modules to build" > + Then please select your card-specific frontend module. > + > +Do you use one of the following cards? > +1. Twinhan DST (FTA and CI) family (DVB-S/C/T/ATSC) > +2. Pinnacle PCTV SAT CI > +3. Chaintech DST-1000 > +4. DNTV Live ! > + > +If not you can save additional RAM by enabling: > +f.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting Devices" => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" > + "Bt8xx based PCI Cards" => "Customise DST support" => "Customise DST modules to build" > + Then please deselect "DST module" and "DST CA module" > > 2) Loading Modules > ================== > @@ -68,7 +92,7 @@ > $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx > > For a full list of card ID's please see Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv. > -In case of further problems send questions to the mailing list: www.linuxdvb.org. > +In case of further problems please subscribe and send questions to the mailing list: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org. > > Authors: Richard Walker, > Jamie Honan, --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***