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        !             2: NOTE: This is the linux_2_4 CVS branch. Drivers for linux-2.6 are in CVS HEAD.
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1.2       hunold      6: Instructions for patching a 2.6 kernel with this release
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1.1       holger      8: 
1.3       js          9: (Note: Alternatively you can use build-2.6/ to build without
                     10: patching the kernel, but this currently does not work for
                     11: bt878 based cards due to include patch problems.)
                     12: 
                     13: 
1.2       hunold     14: The DVB driver in 2.6.1 and above is regularly kept up-to-date, so it's  possible
                     15: that it's even newer than the latest release tarball. There might be some cases
                     16: though, where you want a specific release tarball driver compiled into the
                     17: kernel. 
1.1       holger     18: 
                     19: There is a script called "makelinks" which -- well -- makes links from the 
                     20: CVS version of the driver to the kernel tree you supply on the command line.
1.2       hunold     21: The driver from the kernel is erased, instead the local source will be used if
1.1       holger     22: you compile your kernel again.
                     23: 
1.2       hunold     24: Step-by-step instruction:
                     25: 
1.1       holger     26: 1) Call "./makelinks <your-kernel-directory>. This will copy and link the
                     27: driver files to your kernel, remove some old files, move some files around.
                     28: 
                     29: 2) Next, use "make menuconfig" or whatever and select the av7110 driver if
                     30: you haven't done so before. 
                     31: 
1.2       hunold     32: The av7110 driver needs a firmware to work properly.
                     33: 
                     34: If you want to compile it into the driver as it used to be in the past, you can
1.4       js         35: download firmware files from http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvb/ The most
1.2       hunold     36: recent version is dvb-ttpci-01.fw. You need to select "Compile av7110 firmware
                     37: into the driver" and  specify the filename path (usually
                     38: /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/dvb-ttpci-01.fw) within the DVB subsystem configuration
                     39: of the kernel.
                     40: 
                     41: Alternatively, you can use the hotplug facilities of 2.6 to let the driver load 
                     42: it's firmware upon driver insertion. Have a look at
                     43: linux/documentation/firmware.txt for further details.
                     44: 
                     45: *Pitfall*: 
                     46: If you compile the driver statically into the kernel, you must make sure that
                     47: you compile the firmware into the driver. There is currently no way to prevent
                     48: in-kernel compilation without the firmware being compiled in. If you do it anyway,
                     49: there will be no way that you can load the firmware.
1.1       holger     50: 
                     51: Build and install the new kernel as usual.