On Sunday 11 June 2006 05:48, Aristedes Maniatis wrote:
> On 11/06/2006, at 6:32 AM, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> > I've no idea. It's 'before my time' anyway. I see no reason why you
> > can't upgrade. 0.2.x and 0.3.x are no longer supported in any way.
>
> If it works, don't upgrade. Ever since I've moved from 0.3 to 0.4 one
> of my two cards has stopped working and I can't get it to work no
> matter what I do. I regret the whole kernel upgrade/ivtv upgrade
> thing I did on a whim. Personally I think it is a real shame that
> these modules are so closely tied to kernel versions, but I guess
> that is just the Linux way. The lack of backward compatibility seems
> to be endemic to Linux as a whole, at least when compared to (IMHO)
> more mature operating systems like BSD.
Unrelated to linux. It's just what happens when a driver is developed
outside the kernel and then you want to integrate it. Same thing would
have happened with BSD or any other OS. I don't like it either but I
see no other option. It's a big driver, it required many changes in the
kernel, some really low-level, and it requires developing a whole new
API for MPEG devices. This is the consequence of that. The end result
will be great, but the intermediate steps are no fun.
Anyway, I've taken a quick look at your earlier posts and it looks like
the cx25840 module is missing. Is it loaded? (check with lsmod)
Hans
>
> At any rate, don't equate upgrading Linux kernels with overall
> improvements to your system unless there is something specific you
> need to fix.
>
> Ari
>
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