[linux-dvb] Re: Can't compile cx88-cards.c

["Kilian A. Foth" <foth@informatik.uni-hamburg.de>]

Kilian A. Foth writes:
 > 
 > Hello again...
 > 
 > My quest to use a Hauppauge PCI Nova-T/Conexant card in Linux continues. 
 > Latest advice I was given suggests that I need (among others) the
 > cx880-dvb module. Alas, when I enable CONFIG_VIDEO_CX88, I get another
 > compile error:
 > 
 >   CC [M]  drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.o
 > drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c: In function `hauppauge_eeprom_dvb':
 > drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c:669: error: `PLLTYPE_DTT7595' undeclared (first use in this function)
 > drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c:669: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
 > drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c:669: error: for each function it appears in.)
 > drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c:673: error: `PLLTYPE_DTT7592' undeclared (first use in this function)
 > drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c: In function `cx88_card_setup':
 > drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c:829: error: `PLLTYPE_DTT7579' undeclared (first use in this function)
 > 
 > This is linux 2.6.9, patched with both All-2.6.9-rc4.diff and
 > this week's dvb-kernel tree. What do I have to upgrade to get cx88
 > support to compile?
 > 

And just three days later I have found the solution: downgrading! The
Conexant chipset is well-supported by linux-2.6.9 + bttv's
All-2.6.9-rc4.diff alone, without using dvb-kernel CVS at all.
modprobe cx800-dvb, and that's it.