[gentoo-user] Re: LMLBT4x ntsc card

[James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com>]

Bob Sanders <rsanders <at> engr.sgi.com> writes:

> Perhaps it's the Conexant 2388xx (bt878) driver?  In the 2.6 kernel
> menuconfig -> Device drivers -> Multimedia devices -> Video For Linux -> Video
for Linux
> 
> I've used the bt848 in the past via this type of config and it was functional.

Well I've tried with and without the  menuconfig -> Device drivers ->
Multimedia devices -> Video For Linux -> Video for Linux ->
Conexant 2388x (bt878 successor) support 

and I still get this error message upon building a new kernel:

 UPD     include/linux/compile.h
  CC      init/version.o
  LD      init/built-in.o
  LD      .tmp_vmlinux1
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0xb5ad8): In function `pvr_boot':
: undefined reference to `request_firmware'
drivers/built-in.o(.text+0xb5b52): In function `pvr_boot':
: undefined reference to `release_firmware'
make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1


I have search (from /usr/src/linux) for 'pvr' but I find 
nothing. I had more errors but I nuked many choices
under Video4Linux and it seems to have clear up most  problems
related to building a new kernel that supports the bt878
and bttv, which the LMLBT44 liturature says is needed (for 2.4 kernel
installs).

I also found this web page with the latest patch for bttv:
http://linux.bytesex.org/v4l2/bttv.html

but I'm not sure how to check if this patch has been applied to the
2.6.9.gentoo-r4 sources. If not, I'm not exactly sure how to 
apply it. V4L seems to quite finicky......

James





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