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 - all MODULE_PARM has been replaced for 2.6 drivers

dvb_net for 2.6 works

- add more specific informations about the firmware download (especially
for dvb-ttpci/av7110 users) into the toplevel README. IMHO this is the
only file the users are going to read... 8-/
- move firmware informatins from specific alps_tdlb7 file to main README
- clean up TODO list

- add new 2.6. todo item

- new todo item: replace vmalloc_32() with pci_alloc_consistent() where possible

Update TODO file.

A whole bunch of small changes all over the place:

makelinks: adjust the script for the upcoming kernel patches

driver.mxb: prevent the tuner module from probing unnecessary i2c addresses

getlinks: put symlinks for the header files to the right place(TM)

videodev.c: add a verbose error message just for the case that a user
 has compiled the v4l module into the kernel

media/Kconfig: the dpc driver does not the tuner module

saa7146_hlp.c: honour the swapped field order for av7110 based cards
 in capture mode, too

saa7146_video.c: add some verbose messages for the v4l2 controls

mxb.c: hopefully fix the detection and initialization of the sound arena module

Added some planar yuv modes to the saa7146 driver core:
- V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV422P: YUV 4:2:2 planar (Y-Cb-Cr)
- V4L2_PIX_FMT_YVU420:  YVU 4:2:0 planar (Y-Cb-Cr)
- V4L2_PIX_FMT_YUV420:  YUV 4:2:0 planar (Y-Cb-Cr)
Planar modes don't suffer from the saa7146 byte swap bug, so we
can deliver the formats needed by various video encoders, like "mp1e"
or "nvrec".

Added some notes to the TODO file.

Change TODO, mplayer now works for 2.5.63, only network support
is still broken

More TODO items

Some things are done, but new bugs are discovered

Cleanup budget-core from diseqc functions, move them to
diseqc_direct.c

Everybody should has seen this oops when removing the dvb-core
module while szap is running. Somebody has to fix it when the
inspiration comes... Until then let it be in TODO files

Fixes for 2.5.55 all over the place:

- removed the patches, they are not needed any more. you can now
  use a vanilla 2.5.55 kernel
- created a new backport for video-buf and videodev from the 2.5.55
  sources
- necessary fixes to the saa7146 driver due to changes in 2.5.55
- the core budget functions are now provided by a module called
  "budget-core.o". (otherwise static compilation is not possible...)
- removed #ifdef MODULE crap from all files

Misc.
- "xawtv" (using xv extension) resulted in wrong colors. the problem
  is within "xawtv". Gerd Knorr told me, that it'll be fixed in the
  next release.

I tested this version with 2.4.20, 2.5.55 (modules) and 2.5.55
(static).

Added some notes about the ".config" problems reported
by Gregoire Favre <greg@ulima.unil.ch>.

This might happen to others, too, but now we can say
RTFM... ;-)

Cleaned up the TODO list.

- Removed preinit() from saa7146 probe()/attach() logic, it's not used
  at all
- fixed most obvious flaws in budget.c, it's partially tested
  (ie. module loads/unloads ok)
- added the "video part" to budget-av.c, it's partially tested
  (ie. module loads/unloads ok, xawtv can access the video inputs)

Next chunk of big splitup / cleanup:
(tested on 2.4.18 and 2.5.53 -- the budget driver is
untested, Holger will test it the next week)

saa7146:
- completely separated the saa7146 driver into a core-driver (saa7146.o) and
  a video/vbi part (saa7146_vv.o). this allows you to build the budget driver
  without av7110 and videodev bloat (see below)

The following thinks have been approved by Holger Waechtler:

av7110 (now ttpci):
- for 2.5.x: removed the av7110 directory and put everything into ttpci.
- removed all budget card support from this driver
- compile and build fixes for the saa7146 changes

ttpci-budget (new):
- for 2.5.x: created a new ttpci-budget directory, added a new driver for
  the budget cards

mxb:
- compile and build fixes for the saa7146 changes

Changed the build and compile files for both 2.5.x and build-2.4 of course...

Major cleanup: the goal is to get rid of the budget card <=> saa7146.o <=> videodev.o dependency,
so we can later split up the av7110 driver into a av7110 and budget card driver.

I tested this on 2.4.18-3 (original RedHat 7.3 kernel) and 2.5.53.

Changes in detail:

saa7146:
- fixed the unitialised timer warnings
- split saa7146.o into saa7146.o and saa7146_vv.o:
  all videodev (ie. v4l) related stuff is now encapsulated in saa7146_vv.o.
  the extension (ie. mxb or dvb-ttpci) now has to make sure to register the v4l
  devices via helper functions provided by saa7146_vv

mxb:
- changes to make the driver compile with the new saa7146 and saa7146_vv parts
- fix the vbi bypass issue for MXBs with saa7146, rev. 1 card

av7110:
- changes to make the driver compile with the new saa7146 and saa7146_vv parts
- some changes related to the upcoming av7110 <=> budget splitup, but they are
  commented out
- changed the saa7146 PAL values to experimental values that look good to me, but
  kept the old values as a comment. where are the original values from? there is
  a big black border on most channels on the left side which annoyed me...
- changed from video/generic_usercopy() to dvb_usercopy() and put this into the
  source code, not into compat.c
- moved the crc_32* stuff from compat.c to the source file where it is used
- now compat.[ch] was removed completely, all references were deleted from
  all other files.

other:
- updated the README and TODO files
- changed "makelinks" to remove alps_bsru6 stuff from kernel when making the symlinks
- fixed the build files in "build-2.4"
- fixed all other files needed for 2.5.x kernel build

Removed some leftover bogus debugging messages, cleaned up the TODO
file to reflect the latest changes.

Compile fix in the "Makefile" for "build-2.4" due to Holger's
"ipack" changes, added some more items to the TODO list.

Updated the TODO list, translated it to english and added more verbose
descriptions.

More compile fixes to allow a flawless static build, changed the
READMEs accordingly, compile fixes for the mxb driver.

Add TODO (for the whole package) and README
(explains how to get this stuff running)
plus the "driver.av7110" script for convenience.