[linux-dvb] Re: Need help getting firmware to load

[bob <bobself@charter.net>]

Tim Kaiser wrote:

> I'm very fresh to this theme...
> Just guessing......
> There is written "file not found" in your dmesg output...
> And the partitions are mounted *after* the kernel tries to register the card.
> So my next step would be to compile the firmware direct into the kernel.
>
> Am Donnerstag, 28. Oktober 2004 16:07 schrieb bob:
>  
> > Tim Kaiser wrote:
> >    
> > > Hi Bob!
> > > -Download the firmware from the server.
> > > -Rename the file to " dvb-ttpci-01.fw"
> > > -Copy the file to the location described in qconf
> > >
> > > Alternativ you can compile the firmware direct into the kernel.
> > > But the steps above are the same
> > >
> > > Good luck
> > >
> > > Tim
> > >
> > > Am Donnerstag, 28. Oktober 2004 14:27 schrieb bob:
> > >      
> > > > Running gentoo 2.6.9 with dvb-ttpci compiled into the kernel. When the
> > > > system boots I get the error message
> > > >
> > > > saa7146: register extension 'dvb'.
> > > > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:0a.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
> > > > saa7146: found saa7146 @ mem d0810e00 (revision 1, irq 11)
> > > > (0x13c2,0x0003). dvb-ttpci: cannot request firmware!
> > > > file not found: dvb-ttpci-01.fw
> > > >
> > > > I've checked everything I can think of. Can someone help?
> > > >
> > > > the complete diary of what I've tried to get this running is at
> > > > www.toadhaul.org/linux.php It includes a link to my current
> > > > /usr/src/linux/.config file at the bottom
> > > >
> > > > thanks,
> > > > bob
> > > >        
> > I already copied
> > http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvb/firmware/dvb-ttpci-01.fw-261c
> > to dvb-ttpci-01.fw /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/dvb-ttpci-01.fw
> >
> > I also have already compiled the driver into the kernel. Here is my
> > .config file:
> > http://www.toadhaul.org/_config-2.6.9-1
> >
> > I've checked the hotplug stuff that I know about.
> >
> > fstab:  http://www.toadhaul.org/fstab.gentoo
> > dmesg output:   http://www.toadhaul.org/dmesg.txt
> >
> > thanks again,
> > bob
> >    
>
>
>  
Can you point me to information that tells how to compile the firmware 
into the kernel?

I thought that it MIGHT be the fact that hda3 wasn't mounted when the 
driver tries to load the file. But I couldn't believe that the boot 
process goes in that order. I'd like to compile the firmware in. So, how 
do you do that?

Also, I used to have this all working in slackware (as a module) and as 
Mark Edwards suggested I could try the module route. I think that I'd 
like to try compiling it in first, however.

thank you,
bob