On Jun 17, 2008, at 11:24 AM, mkrufky@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Brandon Jenkins wrote: >> >> On Jun 17, 2008, at 10:52 AM, mkrufky@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> >>> Brandon Jenkins wrote: >>> Brandon, >>> >>> VIDEO_CX18 selects VIDEO_TUNER , but you chose the option, >>> "MEDIA_TUNER_CUSTOMIZE" , which turns off the automatic tuner >>> dependency >>> selections. Please note the description of this option: >>> >>> menuconfig MEDIA_TUNER_CUSTOMIZE >>> bool "Customize analog and hybrid tuner modules to build" >>> depends on MEDIA_TUNER >>> help >>> This allows the user to deselect tuner drivers unnecessary >>> for their hardware from the build. Use this option with care >>> as deselecting tuner drivers which are in fact necessary >>> will >>> result in V4L/DVB devices which cannot be tuned due to >>> lack of >>> driver support >>> >>> If unsure say N. >>> >>> >>> We allow users to disable certain modules if they think they know >>> better, and choose to compile out drivers that they don't need. You >>> should not have disabled tuner-simple -- to play it safe, don't >>> enable >>> MEDIA_TUNER_CUSTOMIZE >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> >> Mike, >> >> Thank you. I understand the impact my choice makes in that matter. >> However, all of the other modules required for cx18 to function are >> marked in the lists as -M- indicating it is a required module/module >> dependency. I apologize for my ignorance of terminology, etc., but it >> would seem to me that "Simple tuner support" should automatically >> have >> the -M- as a required resource for the tuner to function correctly. >> >> Thank you for your time in responding. >> >> Brandon > No -- You are misunderstanding -- The selection of the tuner.ko i2c > client module is forced as -M- , since it is selected as a dependency. > You then proceeded into a deeper layer of customization, and enabled > "MEDIA_TUNER_CUSTOMIZE" -- this option allows you to disable tuner > modules that should have otherwise been autoselected for your > hardware. > I repeat -- this is an advanced customization option, and you have > been > so warned by its Kconfig description. > > I am pushing up a patch now that disables MEDIA_TUNER_CUSTOMIZE by > default. > > -Mike Mike, That doesn't solve the problem. I believe the patch below, will. Brandon diff -r 50be11af3fdb linux/drivers/media/video/cx18/Kconfig --- a/linux/drivers/media/video/cx18/Kconfig Mon Jun 16 18:04:06 2008 -0300 +++ b/linux/drivers/media/video/cx18/Kconfig Tue Jun 17 12:02:03 2008 -0400 @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ config VIDEO_CX18 select VIDEO_CS5345 select DVB_S5H1409 select MEDIA_TUNER_MXL5005S + select MEDIA_TUNER_SIMPLE ---help--- This is a video4linux driver for Conexant cx23418 based PCI combo video recorder devices. _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
