[vdr] Re: [linux-dvb] Re: Problems switching to dvb-kernel

[Sebastian Kemper <sebastian_ml@gmx.net>]

Oliver Friedrich schrieb:
> On So, 5.09.2004, 13:24, Luca Olivetti sagte:
>
> |
> | Which version of VDR definitely works the linux-DVB drivers in kernel 
> 2.6?
> | Using kernel 2.6.6 - 2.6.7 VDR just restarts every few seconds while it
> | works with 2.4.22 ...
> |
> | If you support the DVB-drivers shipped with the vanilla kernel everything
> | would be fine! :-)
>
> I'm running vdr 1.3.12 on kernel 2.6.7 (from kernel.org)
> There are only two things to do:
>
> 1. enable the DVB driver _and_ the OSD support in the kernel
> 2. download the right firmware for your card and save it in the right
> ~   location on your harddrive (or compile it into the driver)
>
> That's all and it works fine ...
>
>
>
> --
> Mit freundlichen Grüssen,
> Oliver Friedrich

Hi,

I'm no developer but I use Linux 2.6 all the time. 2.4 was working, too, 
but I had a lot of good arguments to settle with 2.6. One of the best is 
cd/dvd burning.
At the moment it is Kernel 2.6.8.1 (gentoo-dev-sources) and VDR 1.3.12 
(for quite some time now). VDR is mostly vanilla, I applied a patch to 
dvbdevice.c in order to prevent VDR from hanging when zapping channels 
(http://vdr-portal.de/board/thread.php?threadid=20248).

The whole thing is prime stable. And I must say that I totally like the 
kernel driver, I even got this weired feeling that the tuner is much 
"cooler" then with the drivers from 08.11.2003 (Kernel 2.4). It gets 
only lukewarm.
Admittedly I also have compiled glibc with the matching 2.6.8.1 kernel 
headers before I compiled VDR and its plugins so you might not want to 
call it an easy transition. Even my parents got VDR and kernel 2.6. I 
don't exactly remember what versions but it must be working great, 
because they haven't called for quite some time now, well, regarding VDR 
of course ;)


Thanks for all your work!

Sebastian