[linux-dvb] Re: Need help getting firmware to load

[timkaiser@t-online.de (Tim Kaiser)]

Am Donnerstag, 28. Oktober 2004 16:42 schrieb bob:
> Tim Kaiser wrote:
> >I'm very fresh to this theme...
> >Just guessing......
> >There is written "file not found" in your dmesg output...
> >And the partitions are mounted *after* the kernel tries to register the
> > card. So my next step would be to compile the firmware direct into the
> > kernel.
> >
> >Am Donnerstag, 28. Oktober 2004 16:07 schrieb bob:
> >>Tim Kaiser wrote:
> >>>Hi Bob!
> >>>-Download the firmware from the server.
> >>>-Rename the file to " dvb-ttpci-01.fw"
> >>>-Copy the file to the location described in qconf
> >>>
> >>>Alternativ you can compile the firmware direct into the kernel.
> >>>But the steps above are the same
> >>>
> >>>Good luck
> >>>
> >>>Tim
> >>>
> >>>Am Donnerstag, 28. Oktober 2004 14:27 schrieb bob:
> >>>>Running gentoo 2.6.9 with dvb-ttpci compiled into the kernel. When the
> >>>>system boots I get the error message
> >>>>
> >>>>saa7146: register extension 'dvb'.
> >>>>ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:0a.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
> >>>>saa7146: found saa7146 @ mem d0810e00 (revision 1, irq 11)
> >>>>(0x13c2,0x0003). dvb-ttpci: cannot request firmware!
> >>>>file not found: dvb-ttpci-01.fw
> >>>>
> >>>>I've checked everything I can think of. Can someone help?
> >>>>
> >>>>the complete diary of what I've tried to get this running is at
> >>>>www.toadhaul.org/linux.php It includes a link to my current
> >>>>/usr/src/linux/.config file at the bottom
> >>>>
> >>>>thanks,
> >>>>bob
> >>
> >>I already copied
> >>http://www.linuxtv.org/download/dvb/firmware/dvb-ttpci-01.fw-261c
> >>to dvb-ttpci-01.fw /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/dvb-ttpci-01.fw
> >>
> >>I also have already compiled the driver into the kernel. Here is my
> >>.config file:
> >>http://www.toadhaul.org/_config-2.6.9-1
> >>
> >>I've checked the hotplug stuff that I know about.
> >>
> >>fstab:  http://www.toadhaul.org/fstab.gentoo
> >>dmesg output:   http://www.toadhaul.org/dmesg.txt
> >>
> >>thanks again,
> >>bob
>
> Can you point me to information that tells how to compile the firmware
> into the kernel?
>
> I thought that it MIGHT be the fact that hda3 wasn't mounted when the
> driver tries to load the file. But I couldn't believe that the boot
> process goes in that order. I'd like to compile the firmware in. So, how
> do you do that?
>
> Also, I used to have this all working in slackware (as a module) and as
> Mark Edwards suggested I could try the module route. I think that I'd
> like to try compiling it in first, however.
>
> thank you,
> bob
The option is not visible before deselecting one option....

start meneuconfig/ xconfig
goto "device drivers"-->"generic driver options"
deselect "select only drivers that don't need compile-time external firmware"

After deselecting you got the option to compile the firmware into the driver 
in the DVB driver section.