I figured out my initial stupidity - the v4l stuff was in the DVB directory but the Make.config was pointed to the wrong place.This must be for a ivtv supported card -- mine is not it seems. Although its new, it isn't there -- Hauppauge Wintv-to-go.
After further research I think my card *might* be supported by ivtv so I thought I would try the pvrinput plugin.
ivtv-detect
driver: bttv-0.9.16
card: BT878 video (Hauppauge (bt878)), bus info PCI:0000:02:09.0
/dev/v4l/vbi0: VBI encoding (links: /dev/vbi, /dev/vbi0)
/dev/v4l/video0: YUV encoding (links: /dev/video0)