----- Original Message ----
From: Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: User discussion about IVTV <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 8:02:06 PM
Subject: Re: [ivtv-users] ubuntu firmware path

On 3/24/06, Zsombor BOLYÓCZKI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I still get the same error:

> ivtv0: unable to open firmware v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw
> ivtv0: did you put the firmware in the hotplug firmware directory?

> os: ubuntu breezy
> kernel: 2.6.15.5 (my own compilation)

If you've compiled the kernel yourself, my guess is that you're
missing hotplug support. CONFIG_FW_LOADER (Device Drivers -> Generic
Driver Options -> Hotplug firmware loading support)

Recompile your kernel with hotlug, or the alternative is to put the
firmware in /lib/modules/, the location that ivtv looks when it
doesn't have hotplug support. Only use /lib/modules/ if you really
have a problem with hotplug, it's much nicer and support for hotplug
won't be included in newer versions of ivtv.

Regards,

Ross

hotplug tools, as opposed to hotplug kernel code, isn't in ubuntu dapper.
He's using ubuntu breezy. dapper has 2.6.16 kernels and it would now
be udev, not hotplug tools, for the hotplugging. The old hotplug dir
might still be there but basically you could put the firmware anywhere
and code the path into your /etc/udev/rules.d/00_ivtv script, for
example, if mod/firmware wasn't loading when devices appeared.
This is a udev issue and you could search their archive for ivtv to
see what you can already count on there for ivtv devices. I think
the firmware might ought to be in /lib/modules for udev not to
have to worry about anything but device names and ivtv. Just a
guess.

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