Hi!
Here is a patch for av7110.c that is verbose if the firmware file is just not
found, displaying a message on where it usually is and where to get it.
Kenneth
Index: av7110.c
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RCS file: /cvs/linuxtv/dvb-kernel/linux/drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/av7110.c,v
retrieving revision 1.125
diff -u -r1.125 av7110.c
--- av7110.c 13 Jun 2004 16:40:17 -0000 1.125
+++ av7110.c 21 Jun 2004 12:34:45 -0000
@@ -1309,7 +1309,17 @@
/* request the av7110 firmware, this will block until someone uploads it */
ret = request_firmware(&fw, "dvb-ttpci-01.fw", &av7110->dev->pci->dev);
if (ret) {
- printk("dvb-ttpci: cannot request firmware!\n");
+ if (ret == -ENOENT) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "dvb-ttpci: could not load firmware,"
+ " file not found: dvb-ttpci-01.fw\n");
+ printk(KERN_INFO "dvb-ttpci: usually this should be in"
+ " /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware\n");
+ printk(KERN_INFO "dvb-ttpci: and can be downloaded here"
+ " http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvb/firmware/\n";);
+ } else {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "dvb-ttpci: cannot request firmware"
+ " (errno:%i)!\n", ret);
+ }
return -EINVAL;
}
if (fw->size <= 200000) {
