Anssi Hannula wrote: > Klaus Schmidinger wrote: > >> C.Y.M wrote: >> >>> I noticed the kernel developers made some new changes to i2c which >>> affects saa7146 (and some other drivers) in 2.6.11-bk1. Included is >>> a patch for current dvb-kernel if you want to build the latest 2.6 >>> kernel snapshot. >>> >> >> >> Whoever checks this in to CVS should please make sure the latest >> CVS version of dvb-kernel still compiles with kernel 2.6.8 (which ist >> the version used in current Linux distributions such as SUSE 9.2). >> I'd hate to be forced to install a special kernel version in case >> I switch to dvb-kernel. > > > AFAIK dvb-kernel already doesn't compile with older kernels than 2.6.9. > You may disable the non-working modules from Makefile, if you don't need > them. > > On the other hand, upgrading the kernel is rather easy, since it uses > the .config of your 2.6.8 kernel. You need only make oldconfig/xconfig, > make && make modules_install && make install. Another possibility is to > install a newer kernel from SUSE's "unstable" branch, if such branch > exists. I will only switch to dvb-kernel if it works with the current SUSE supplied kernel (currently 2.6.8 in SUSE 9.2). For one that's because I want to be able to use the online update feature, but also because other users who may be barely able to install a standard distribution, but may not be able to install a new kernel, should still be able to use VDR. I really wonder who gave this kernel an even middle number? I always believed these would be _stable_ kernels (and to me "stable" implies that the interfaces don't change). To me kernel 2.6.x is "unstable". Klaus
