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

[bob <bobself@charter.net>]

Tim Kaiser wrote:

> 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.
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Ok, that did it. I just didn't know about deselecting that one thing to 
get the compile option to show up somewhere else. Thanks very much.

bob