[linux-dvb] How to load tda1004x firmware in Linux 2.6

[Adam Nielsen <a.nielsen@optushome.com.au>]

Hi everyone,

I've been tearing my hair out over this for about six hours now, trying
to figure out why I can't get my Nova-t card working with kernel 2.6.6. 
It worked fine under 2.4.22, but a lot has changed since then and I
can't find any docs about how to get this going under 2.6.

I compiled everything that came with the kernel as modules, and when I
load everything it seems to work okay, but unlike 2.4.22 I don't get any
messages about finding a card when I load the tda1004x module.  I assume
it's because it's not loading the firmware, but I can't for the life of
me figure out how to do this.  There are no error messages (like file
not found) so I don't even know whether this is the problem.  I finally
worked out that I have to enable hotplug support for external modules
before I get a firmware directory in /sys/class, but there's only a
'timeout' file in there and the modprobe command finishes instantly with
nothing else appearing in /sys/class/firmware.

I've got all the firmware files in /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware, I've tried
all the names I can think of - tda1004x.bin, dvb-ttpci-01.fw,
tda1004x.mc, I've tried the old version of the firmware (from 2.4.22),
the one from linuxtv.org, the DLL from the latest PCI drivers, but
nothing.  I've even tried copying them into /etc/dvb like they used to
be (just in case.)

I saw a post about someone running the 'makelinks' program, but when I
do this the kernel compile bombs out with compile errors.

I'm absolutely stuck now, and I'm having to resort to a barely
functional PC running 2.4.22 just so I can use the TV card.  If anyone
can tell me what I'm missing, please let me know - I'm getting pretty
desperate here!

Thanks,
Adam.


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