Re: patch for /Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt

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Am Montag, 14. Mai 2007 20:08 schrieben Sie:
> Uwe Bugla wrote:
> > This patch synchronizes the documentation for bt8xx cards to the current
> > state of kernel 2.6.22-rc1. It does not touch the outstanding DST
> > problem, although it helps.
> >
> > Applies against: linux-2.6.22-rc1
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Uwe Bugla <uwe.bugla@xxxxxx>
> >
> > --- a/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt
> > @@ -9,19 +9,27 @@
> >  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 module that your DVB card does not need. +
> > +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.
> >
> >  2) Loading Modules
> >  ==================
> >
> > -In default cases bttv is loaded automatically.
> > -To load the backend either place dvb-bt8xx in etc/modules, or apply
> > manually: -
> > -    $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx
> > -
> > -All frontends will be loaded automatically.
> >
> >
> >
> > +If the bttv driver detects a bt8xx-based DVB card, all frontend and
> > backend modules will be loaded automatically.
>
> This part is not true, in some cases all the required dependencies are
> not loaded automatically.

Thanks, Manu, for offering some time on that.
In a few minutes I will send in a corrected version, adding at least one 
exception that I can see :)

Best regards

Uwe

>
> >  People running udev please see Documentation/dvb/udev.txt.
> >
> >  In the following cases overriding the PCI type detection for dvb-bt8xx
> > might be necessary: @@ -30,7 +38,6 @@
> >  ------------------------------
> >
> >      $ modprobe bttv card=113
> > -    $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx
> >      $ modprobe dst
> >
> >  Useful parameters for verbosity level and debugging the dst module:
> > @@ -65,10 +72,9 @@
> >  Notice: The order of the card ID should be uprising:
> >  Example:
> >      $ modprobe bttv card=113 card=135
> > -    $ 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >  Authors: Richard Walker,
> >       Jamie Honan,
>
> Rest all looks fine.

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