Jens Herrmann posted on Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:21:24 +0100 as excerpted: > I use a cinergy XE dvb-t stick which needs the af9005 driver. Until > recently this driver had to be placed in a directory specific to the > kernel version used, here /lib/firmware/2.6.24-19-generic. When I > updated the kernel to 2.6.31 today I found that this directory does not > exist anymore, so I assume there has been a change. The af9005 is in > /lib/firmware but cannot be loaded via modprobe (FATAL: Module af9005 > not found). Where do I have to put the driver now?
I think they changed the kernel firmware config options back about that time (I run direct linus kernel git, the better to test new kernels and git-bisect bugs I come across, so 2.6.31 was some months ago for me). I do recall having to fiddle with it a bit for the (normally shipped with kernel sources) NIC driver I run, but don't recall exactly what version it was when I did. Anyway, in menuconfig, look under Device Drivers, Generic Driver Options. You may have to change some of them, using the help text if necessary. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman
