I've upgraded to slackware 12.0 for some time now and I still have firmware
in the original /lib/firmware no hacks/patches needed
mabe you forgot to configure something in the kernel.
dmesg after attempting to load modules will most likely try to tell you why
the firmware isn't loading.
I have 1 pvr-150 and 1 pvr-500 slackware 12.0 and kernel 2.6.22.1 ( I never
run stock kernel from distro nothing against them,
I just like to know what I have is compiled for exact hardware I have with
room for expansion.)
--Robert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hans Verkuil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "User discussion about IVTV"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 6:29 PM
Subject: Re: [ivtv-users] Slackware 12.0
On Sunday 26 August 2007 00:55:48 Mike Kehrli wrote:
> I'm using 5 hauppauge pvr-150 cards on a newly installed Slackware
> 12.0 system. I then upgraded the kernel from 2.6.21.5-smp that comes
> with the distro to 2.6.22.4-smp, in order to take advantage of the
> completion of the migration of the ivtv drivers to the mainline
> kernel (very well done to all involved with that!).
>
> Slackware 12.0 has dropped the hotplug mechanism that I've
> previously used to install the firmware. There is no longer a
> firmware.agent file, that gives the correct firmware directory to put
> the firmware files. I've now spent several days trying to get the
> firmware to load. I've gone as far as putting the files in all
> possible directories, creating the directories if needed, including:
>
> /lib/firmware
> /lib/firmware/2.6.22.4-smp
> /usr/local/lib/firmware
> /lib/modules (i used both the old and new naming conventions in
> this dir) /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware
>
> I'm sure I'm missing something dumb here. But I'm not a noob. I've
> had these cards running with several previous linux kernel versions
> and driver versions. In fact getting the drivers to work is pretty
> quick for me now. However, I've been writing software for
> controlling the cards, and I'm getting tired of upgrading my software
> everytime another step is made towards migrating the driver to the
> kernel, and want to be able to finalize that portion of my code. So
> want to use the kernel version of the driver.
>
> Where does it look for the firmware when there is no hotplug
> mechanism? The wiki says it looks in /lib/modules, but it's not
> finding them there.
>
> Attached is dmesg
> ivtv version: 1.0.1
> no module options
> I've followed the directions in the General Purpose (Main) Howto at
> ivtvdriver.org
>
> Thanks for looking at this for me,
>
> Mike Kehrli
Hi Mike,
I think it is possible nowadays to do it completely with udev rules, but
I never looked into that. I'm still using a little hotplug script that
does the loading, which I've attached.
Hope this helps,
Hans
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