[linux-dvb] Finally success with Avermedia 761!

[Bjarne Steinsbø <bjarne@steinsbo.com>]

My broadband connection is through DVB-T, and my gateway to internet is 
now up and running  using the Avermedia 761 and linux-2.6.10-rc2-mm3.  
Finally the embarrasment of having to admit to running Windows on my 
gateway has come to an end :-)

This is something I (on and off) have been trying to archieve since 
September, but progress has been slow due to several reasons:
 - This being my gateway to the internet, it has been a major pain to 
try out alternatives.  Every time I needed to download something, the 
machine had to be rebooted to Windows, the necessary files downloaded, 
and then a restart of the machine with recompilation and further tests.
 - It's been difficult this fall to find a version of the software 
(kernel + dvb + bttv) that actually works together, the rate of change 
has made for a very chaotic situation.  It hasn't been the best time to 
be a newbie in the DVB-T world.

Anyway, now that the code is getting stable again, I'm very, very happy 
to report that the "standard" code seems to be working, at least on my 
hardware.

A big thank you to all the developers!

-- Bjarne