There are several things here that are outdated, because this document was written a long time ago. Update them to reflect the current status of the driver and the media subsystem. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/admin-guide/media/saa7134.rst | 57 +++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/media/saa7134.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/saa7134.rst index c84246dd81c0..7ab9c70b9abe 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/media/saa7134.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/media/saa7134.rst @@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ Author Gerd Hoffmann This is a v4l2/oss device driver for saa7130/33/34/35 based capture / TV -boards. See http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/pip/saa7134hl for a -description. +boards. Status @@ -24,26 +23,54 @@ configuration info. Build ----- -Pick up videodev + v4l2 patches from http://bytesex.org/patches/. -Configure, build, install + boot the new kernel. You'll need at least -these config options: +Once you pick up a Kernel source, you should configure, build, +install and boot the new kernel. You'll need at least +these config options:: -.. code-block:: none + ./scripts/config -e PCI + ./scripts/config -e INPUT + ./scripts/config -m I2C + ./scripts/config -m MEDIA_SUPPORT + ./scripts/config -e MEDIA_PCI_SUPPORT + ./scripts/config -e MEDIA_ANALOG_TV_SUPPORT + ./scripts/config -e MEDIA_DIGITAL_TV_SUPPORT + ./scripts/config -e MEDIA_RADIO_SUPPORT + ./scripts/config -e RC_CORE + ./scripts/config -e MEDIA_SUBDRV_AUTOSELECT + ./scripts/config -m VIDEO_SAA7134 + ./scripts/config -e SAA7134_ALSA + ./scripts/config -e VIDEO_SAA7134_RC + ./scripts/config -e VIDEO_SAA7134_DVB + ./scripts/config -e VIDEO_SAA7134_GO7007 - CONFIG_I2C=m - CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV=m +To build and install, you should run:: -Type "make" to build the driver now. "make install" installs the -driver. "modprobe saa7134" should load it. Depending on the card you -might have to pass card=<nr> as insmod option, check CARDLIST for -valid choices. + make && make modules_install && make install + +Once the new Kernel is booted, saa7134 driver should be loaded automatically. + +Depending on the card you might have to pass ``card=<nr>`` as insmod option. +If so, please check :doc:`saa7134-cardlist` for valid choices. + +Once you have your card type number, you can pass a modules configuration +via a file (usually, it is either ``/etc/modules.conf`` or some file at +``/etc/modules-load.d/``, but the actual place depends on your +distribution), with this content:: + + options saa7134 card=13 # Assuming that your card type is #13 Changes / Fixes --------------- -Please mail me unified diffs ("diff -u") with your changes, and don't -forget to tell me what it changes / which problem it fixes / whatever +Please mail to linux-media AT vger.kernel.org unified diffs against +the linux media git tree: + + https://git.linuxtv.org/media_tree.git/ + +This is done by committing a patch at a clone of the git tree and +submitting the patch using ``git send-email``. Don't forget to +describe at the lots what it changes / which problem it fixes / whatever it is good for ... @@ -52,7 +79,7 @@ Known Problems * The tuner for the flyvideos isn't detected automatically and the default might not work for you depending on which version you have. - There is a tuner= insmod option to override the driver's default. + There is a ``tuner=`` insmod option to override the driver's default. Credits ------- -- 2.25.2
