From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262057AbUBWWXh (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Feb 2004 17:23:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262060AbUBWWXh (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Feb 2004 17:23:37 -0500 Received: from chaos.analogic.com ([204.178.40.224]:14464 "EHLO chaos.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262057AbUBWWXU (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Feb 2004 17:23:20 -0500 Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 17:23:45 -0500 (EST) From: "Richard B. Johnson" X-X-Sender: root@chaos Reply-To: root@chaos.analogic.com To: Michael Hunold cc: torvalds@osdl.org, akpm@osdl.org, Linux kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] Update the DVB subsystem docs In-Reply-To: <10775702813893@convergence.de> Message-ID: References: <10775702813893@convergence.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 23 Feb 2004, Michael Hunold wrote: > + > +Getting the card going > + > + To power up the card, load the following modules in the > + following order: > + > + * insmod dvb-core.o > + * modprobe bttv.o > + * insmod bt878.o > + * insmod dvb-bt8xx.o > + * insmod sp887x.o > + > + The current version of the frontend module sp887x.o, contains > + no firmware drivers?, so the first time you open it with a DVB > + utility the driver will try to download some initial firmware > + to the card. You will need to download this firmware from the > + web, or copy it from an installation of the Windows drivers > + that probably came with your card, before you can use it. > + > + The default Linux filesystem location for this firmware is > + /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/sc_main.mc . What does this have to do with the kernel? Isn't this for some utility that starts Aver/TV? Surely the kernel doesn't read files. I run this same TV card in W$ and the W$ program loads firmware and starts the card. Who's process context gets stolen to read these files from within the kernel? > + > + The Windows drivers for the Avermedia DVB-T can be obtained > + from: http://babyurl.com/H3U970 and you can get an application > + to extract the firmware from: > + http://www.kyz.uklinux.net/cabextract.php. > + _________________________________________________________ Truly bizarre, weird........ > +Known Limitations > + Truly bizarre, weird........ > @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ > extracted from the Windows driver (Sc_main.mc). > - tda1004x: firmware is loaded from path specified in > DVB_TDA1004X_FIRMWARE_FILE kernel config WTF? The __kernel__ doesn't read files. User mode programs use the kernel to read files for them, on their behalf. > - variable (default /etc/dvb/tda1004x.bin); the > + variable (default /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/tda1004x.bin); the > firmware binary must be extracted from the windows > driver Truly bizarre, weird........ It's not April 1st yet! Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.4.24 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips). Note 96.31% of all statistics are fiction.