[linux-dvb] Re: video_dev: unable to get major 250

[Holger Waechtler <holger@qanu.de>]

Rudolf Martin wrote:

> * Holger Waechtler <holger@qanu.de> [040928 12:23]:
>  
> > Please check /proc/devices and try to find out which driver is hogging 
> > on the 250 major. In any case recent CVS snapshots of the DVB driver use 
> > major 212. You can either #define DVB_MAJOR 212 in your code or use a 
> > more recent DVB snapshot.
> >    
> The entry for major 250 was: vdsp. I don't know the function.
>
> I changed DVB_MAJOR to 212 and compiled my modules. Now the firmware
> loads fine. Thank you.
>
> But now I got the next problem: which frontend is the right one?
> I tried ves1x93, cx24110, mt312, stv0299; but every time vdr-kbd didn't
> recognize the frontend.
>  
Simply load all modules built in linux/drivers/dvb/frontends/. The right 
one will attach to the USB bus. For this card type stv0299 is probably 
doing the job. If your card is an older one maybe the ves1x93 driver.

Holger