> > > > > > On Monday 29 September 2008, Jon Hardcastle > wrote: > > > > Hi, i have spent the weekend trying to get > my new > > > > > > Hauppage USB tv stick to > > > > > > > work under linux. > > > > > > > > I have been constantly perplexed by > references to > > > > > > compilable kernel modules > > > > > > > I couldn't see! I assumed it was because > they > > > > > > referred to old modules or > > > > > > > something. > > > > > > > > But having downloaded and booted into > Knoppix and run > > > > > > make menuconfig on > > > > > > > that i have confirmed that kernel seems to > have > > > > > > 10's of TV card chipset > > > > > > > drivers availible to compile whereas > > > > > > gentoo-sources/vanilla-sources emerged > > > > > > > on my machine have maybe 2 or 3. > > > > > > > > Can someone offer me some assistance as to > why this > > > > > > might be? > > > > > > > Thank you > > > > > > > > (This is my first mailing list post - please > be > > > > > > gentle!) > > > > > > > > > because a large part of the dvb/tv drivers are > developed > > > outside of the main > > > kernel tree. Also a large part is hidden under > > > experimental. > > > > > > For my dvb-t stick I need to checkout a mercurial > rep and > > > do a make, make > > > install in it do get drivers that work. And with > > > 'work' I mean: no sound on > > > first try, but after disconnecting the stick and > > > reconnecting it, it suddenly > > > works. > > > > Hi, I went thru this process but i still dont have the > option to add > > support as a kernel module. Should the mercurial add > steps to the > > menuconfig? > > no. > it just installs all the drivers in the rep as modules. It > doesn't touch any > configs at all.
Hmmm i wonder why i have seen sooo many references to alot more kernel options than i have in either my gentoo-sources or vanilla-sources. Is it possible to 'patch' the kernel source instead of downloading using mercurial. Also how does it 'know' what kernel to make the modules available under? I have 3 sets of kernel code on my machine?
