Am Montag, 13. Juli 2009 schrieben Sie: > Am Montag 13 Juli 2009 14:13:50 schrieben Sie: > > On Sonntag, 12. Juli 2009, Boris Cuber wrote: > > > Hi kernel folks! > > > > > > Problem: > > > Since kernel-2.6.31-rc* my dvb-s adapter (Technisat SkyStar2 DVB card) > > > refuses to work (worked fine in every kernel up to 2.6.30.1). > > > So anything pulled into the new kernel seems to have broken > > > something (at least for me :/). > > > > > > I opened a detailed bug report here: > > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13709 > > > Please let me know if i can help in finding a solution > > > or testing a patch /whatever. > > > > This looks like it is related to this patch: > > > > commit d66b94b4aa2f40e134f8c07c58ae74ef3d523ee0 > > Author: Patrick Boettcher <pb@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Date: Wed May 20 05:08:26 2009 -0300 > > > > V4L/DVB (11829): Rewrote frontend-attach mechanism to gain noise-less > > deactivation of submodules > > > > This patch is reorganizing the frontend-attach mechanism in order to > > gain noise-less (superflous prints) deactivation of submodules. > > > > Credits go to Uwe Bugla for helping to clean and test the code. > > > > Signed-off-by: Uwe Bugla <uwe.bugla@xxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Patrick Boettcher <pb@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > > All frontend-attach related code is wrapped by ifdefs like this: > > #if defined(CONFIG_DVB_MT312_MODULE) || > > defined(CONFIG_DVB_STV0299_MODULE) <CODE> > > #endif > > > > So this code will only be compiled if one of the two drivers is compiled > > as a module, having them compiled in will omit this code. Hi Matthias thank you for your help. I manually edited those #ifdefs to temporary get around my problem. My dvb adapter is working again ;) > > Yes. And that's exactly the way things were planned and should also stay, > even if there exist a thousands of "Boris64" who do not have the slightest > idea about what kernel compilation is or could be..... Well, i always thought compiling your own kernel is about choice. And _my_ choice always was: I don't want use modules, because booting a monolithic kernel on my computer is slightly faster. > > No matter if we're talking about the main module, the frontend, the backend > or whatever other part of not only a DVB driver: > None of them is permanently needed while the machine is running. So kmod > can kick them out of the memory if they aren't needed, if they were > compiled as module. > > But if you compile them into the kernel you are wasting system resources > because the main kernel becomes too big (I'd call that a "Windoze-effect"). > > So compiling those drivers a module is gold, and any other choice is simply > nonsense. > > > Trent Piepho seems to already have a patch for this, but it is not yet > > merged into the kernel. > > May Trent Piepho do whatever he likes. I do not think that any further > patch is necessary for that driver section. > > It would rather be necessary for some quirky users to enlarge their limited > brain and understand what kernel compilation means and is here for. > > > Regards > > Matthias > > CU > > cyber.bogh > > P. S.: The other part that really makes me utmost angry about the "Boris's" > in that world: > > If you're doing really hard for months to enhance things, and you urgently > need testers to help and invest brain those Boris's aren't visible at all. > Nowhere! Those "Boris's" can't remember that anyone ever asked'em to help. And "they" didn't subscribe to this list until "their" dvb card(s) didn't work anymore for some reason. > > Once things are done they come back and all they have got to do then is to > complain for stupid nonsense... > > How did Lou Reed say? > "Stick a fork in their ass, turn it over and they're done!" > Have a nice day, regards, Boris
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