Hi all, I've released ivtv driver 0.10.0 for kernels 2.6.18 and up. I have also updated the encoder firmware to the latest version (2.06.039).
You can get the new firmware here: http://dl.ivtvdriver.org/ivtv/firmware/firmware.tar.gz And the new driver here: http://dl.ivtvdriver.org/ivtv/archive/0.10.x/ivtv-0.10.0.tar.gz The new firmware is required by the new driver. This driver replaces the ivtv-0.8.x and ivtv-0.9.x releases. These driver versions will no longer be maintained. This driver is the result of almost 6 months of work and contains a major internal redesign and clean up. All new development will concentrate on this version. Older drivers are effectively discontinued (they are as stable as they are ever going to get anyway). The README of the 0.10.0 driver contains some important notes that I have copied below: NOTE: this is the first release of the 0.10.x series. The core of the driver has been redesigned completely because the older drivers had design flaws that made it impossible to fix certain race conditions. I also took the opportunity to clean up the code (an almost 25% reduction in code size!). While this driver has been tested pretty well, I cannot guarantee that there are absolutely no bugs remaining. So if you are using ivtv in a production environment, then you may want to be careful introducing this new version. I'm phasing out support for the older drivers, so upgrading is strongly recommended. NOTE: This driver will work with kernels 2.6.18, 2.6.19 and 2.6.20. For the latter kernel you will need to apply the cx25840.diff patch that is in the 'misc' directory (only if your card has the cx2584x chip, it is not needed otherwise). The 2.6.20 kernel caused a cx2584x bug to surface that prevents loading of the cx2584x firmware. Hopefully this will be fixed in the next 2.6.20.x dot release. NOTE: ivtv-fb now requires that you enable the following kernel config options: Go to 'Device drivers -> Graphics support'. Enable 'Support for frame buffer devices'. Enable 'Trident support' (the Trident module itself is not required). To get working console output, keep going to 'Console display driver support', and enable 'Framebuffer Console support'. Enable 'Select compiled-in fonts' & once that's done, you should have a list of fonts. Choose one. With the default OSD size, 'VGA 8x16' gives 80x30(PAL) 80x25(NTSC). NOTE: users of MythTV who use the PVR350 for mpeg decoding need to specify the option osd_compat=1 when loading the ivtv-fb module. This is not required when using the default Xv output. NOTE: users of ivtv X driver may need to specify the option osd_compat=1 when loading the ivtv-fb module. You will only need it if the display becomes scrambled in X. Enjoy! Hans _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-devel
