[linux-dvb] Re: How to load tda1004x firmware in Linux 2.6

[Mattia Rossi <mattia@technologist.com>]

On Mon, 3 May 2004 20:36:52 +1000
Adam Nielsen <a.nielsen@optushome.com.au> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> I've been tearing my hair out over this for about six hours now, trying
> to figure out why I can't get my Nova-t card working with kernel 2.6.6. 
> It worked fine under 2.4.22, but a lot has changed since then and I
> can't find any docs about how to get this going under 2.6.
> 
> I compiled everything that came with the kernel as modules, and when I
> load everything it seems to work okay, but unlike 2.4.22 I don't get any
> messages about finding a card when I load the tda1004x module.  I assume
> it's because it's not loading the firmware, but I can't for the life of
> me figure out how to do this.  There are no error messages (like file
> not found) so I don't even know whether this is the problem.  I finally
> worked out that I have to enable hotplug support for external modules
> before I get a firmware directory in /sys/class, but there's only a
> 'timeout' file in there and the modprobe command finishes instantly with
> nothing else appearing in /sys/class/firmware.
> 
> I've got all the firmware files in /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware, I've tried
> all the names I can think of - tda1004x.bin, dvb-ttpci-01.fw,
> tda1004x.mc, I've tried the old version of the firmware (from 2.4.22),
> the one from linuxtv.org, the DLL from the latest PCI drivers, but
> nothing.  I've even tried copying them into /etc/dvb like they used to
> be (just in case.)
> 
> I saw a post about someone running the 'makelinks' program, but when I
> do this the kernel compile bombs out with compile errors.
> 
> I'm absolutely stuck now, and I'm having to resort to a barely
> functional PC running 2.4.22 just so I can use the TV card.  If anyone
> can tell me what I'm missing, please let me know - I'm getting pretty
> desperate here!


You need to compile and load budget_ci in order for the card to be recognized.

Mattia


PS:
Adam, sorry for the personal mail, the automatic reply-to of the list got me
again ...


-- 
Info:
To unsubscribe send a mail to ecartis@linuxtv.org with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.