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http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=afb758c4b03b17ff856f2bd58e488d152b342875
Commit:     afb758c4b03b17ff856f2bd58e488d152b342875
Parent:     d577ee004d1bb4620ae43758ca7a0aa35319faaa
Author:     Uwe Bugla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
AuthorDate: Sat May 26 07:56:29 2007 -0300
Committer:  Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CommitDate: Wed Jul 18 14:23:45 2007 -0300

    V4L/DVB (5701): Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt update
    
    This patch synchronizes the Documentation for bt8xx-based cards to the
    actual state of kernel 2.6.22-rc1.
    
    Signed-off-by: Uwe Bugla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
    Signed-off-by: Manu Abraham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
    Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
    Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
 Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt |   32 ++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt b/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt
index 4e7614e..ecb47ad 100644
--- a/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt
@@ -9,19 +9,29 @@ for accessing the i2c bus and the gpio pins of the bt8xx 
chipset.
 Please see Documentation/dvb/cards.txt => o Cards based on the Conexant Bt8xx 
PCI bridge:
 
 Compiling kernel please enable:
-a.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Video For Linux" => "BT848 
Video For Linux"
-b.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting 
Devices"
- => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "Bt8xx based PCI Cards"
+a.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Video For Linux" => "Enable 
Video for Linux API 1 (DEPRECATED)"
+b.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Video For Linux" => "Video 
Capture Adapters" => "BT848 Video For Linux"
+c.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting 
Devices" => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "Bt8xx based PCI Cards"
 
-2) Loading Modules
-==================
+Please use the following options with care as deselection of drivers which are 
in fact necessary
+may result in DVB devices that cannot be tuned due to lack of driver support:
+You can save RAM by deselecting every frontend module that your DVB card does 
not need.
+
+First please remove the static dependency of DVB card drivers on all frontend 
modules for all possible card variants by enabling:
+d.) "Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting 
Devices"
+ => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "Load and attach frontend modules as 
needed"
 
-In default cases bttv is loaded automatically.
-To load the backend either place dvb-bt8xx in etc/modules, or apply manually:
+If you know the frontend driver that your card needs please enable:
+e.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting 
Devices"
+ => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "Customise DVB Frontends" => "Customise 
the frontend modules to build"
+ Then please select your card-specific frontend module.
 
-       $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx
+2) Loading Modules
+==================
 
-All frontends will be loaded automatically.
+Regular case: If the bttv driver detects a bt8xx-based DVB card, all frontend 
and backend modules will be loaded automatically.
+Exceptions are:
+- Old TwinHan DST cards or clones with or without CA slot and not containing 
an Eeprom.
 People running udev please see Documentation/dvb/udev.txt.
 
 In the following cases overriding the PCI type detection for dvb-bt8xx might 
be necessary:
@@ -30,7 +40,6 @@ In the following cases overriding the PCI type detection for 
dvb-bt8xx might be
 ------------------------------
 
        $ modprobe bttv card=113
-       $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx
        $ modprobe dst
 
 Useful parameters for verbosity level and debugging the dst module:
@@ -65,10 +74,9 @@ DViCO FusionHDTV 5 Lite:     135
 Notice: The order of the card ID should be uprising:
 Example:
        $ modprobe bttv card=113 card=135
-       $ modprobe dvb-bt8xx
 
 For a full list of card ID's please see 
Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv.
-In case of further problems send questions to the mailing list: 
www.linuxdvb.org.
+In case of further problems please subscribe and send questions to the mailing 
list: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 Authors: Richard Walker,
         Jamie Honan,
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