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

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de>]

On Monday 29 September 2008, Jon Hardcastle wrote:
> --- On Mon, 29/9/08, Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-
clausthal.de> wrote:
> > From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de>
> > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo-Sources/Vanilla-Sources/Video 4 Linux
> > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> > Date: Monday, 29 September, 2008, 10:59 AM
> >
> > 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!)
> >
> > > -----------------------
> > > N: Jon Hardcastle
> > > E: Jon@eHardcastle.com
> > > 'The writing is on the wall...'
> > > -----------------------
> >
> > 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.