Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo-Sources/Vanilla-Sources/Video 4 Linux

[Jon Hardcastle <jd_hardcastle@yahoo.com>]

> > >
> > > On Monday 29 September 2008, Jon Hardcastle
> wrote:
> > > > Hi, i have spent the weekend trying to get
> my new
> > >
> > > Hauppage USB tv stick to
> > >
> > > > work under linux.
> > > >
> > > > I have been constantly perplexed by
> references to
> > >
> > > compilable kernel modules
> > >
> > > > I couldn't see! I assumed it was because
> they
> > >
> > > referred to old modules or
> > >
> > > > something.
> > > >
> > > > But having downloaded and booted into
> Knoppix and run
> > >
> > > make menuconfig on
> > >
> > > > that i have confirmed that kernel seems to
> have
> > >
> > > 10's of TV card chipset
> > >
> > > > drivers availible to compile whereas
> > >
> > > gentoo-sources/vanilla-sources emerged
> > >
> > > > on my machine have maybe 2 or 3.
> > > >
> > > > Can someone offer me some assistance as to
> why this
> > >
> > > might be?
> > >
> > > > Thank you
> > > >
> > > > (This is my first mailing list post - please
> be
> > >
> > > gentle!)
> > >
> > >
> > > because a large part of the dvb/tv drivers are
> developed
> > > outside of the main
> > > kernel tree. Also a large part is hidden under
> > > experimental.
> > >
> > > For my dvb-t stick I need to checkout a mercurial
> rep and
> > > do a make, make
> > > install in it do get drivers that work. And with
> > > 'work' I mean: no sound on
> > > first try, but after disconnecting the stick and
> > > reconnecting it, it suddenly
> > > works.
> >
> > Hi, I went thru this process but i still dont have the
> option to add
> > support as a kernel module. Should the mercurial add
> steps to the
> > menuconfig?
> 
> no.
> it just installs all the drivers in the rep as modules. It
> doesn't touch any 
> configs at all.

Hmmm i wonder why i have seen sooo many references to alot more kernel options than i have in either my gentoo-sources or vanilla-sources. Is it possible to 'patch' the kernel source instead of downloading using mercurial. Also how does it 'know' what kernel to make the modules available under? I have 3 sets of kernel code on my machine?