[linux-dvb] Re: need an howto for debian/nova-t/kernel2.6

[Richie Jarvis <richie@helkit.com>]

hayoshock wrote:

> I tried to compile with the patches but i got some errors,
> now im following this guide
>
> http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/board/showpost.php?p=4058&postcount=17
>
> but i couldnt find any cx88 refences in my kernel.
> He says to activate this cx22702, so i did and compiled,
> but my last kernel compile is some years away.
> Is there a way to get some precompiled kernels that support 
> the latest wintv nova-t card?
> or any other way, one saturday in the wind...
>  
Hi - I recently (last week) had the very same issue getting 2 Nova-T's 
working under FC3 (along with my slightly older Technotrend budget card 
- which explains the TDA10045 in the lsmod below.)  What I found, is 
that I had patch the kernel with the bytesex.org patches (I used 
kernel-2.6.10-rc2), then select video4linux, and underneath the CX88xx 
entry in the V4L section, you will see an entry for DVB CX88xx.  Also, 
select the CX22702 frontend in the DVB section itself.

Make sure you have the correct IDE chipset selected, otherwise you will 
not get DMA working (and DVB-T won't work) in your kernel as well.

Once done, everything was correctly loaded - BUT, it still didn't work, 
as the udev rules on FC3 were incorrect - they might be fine for Debian 
though.  To correct this issue, and get the the devices into /dev as 
/dev/dvb/adapter0/, I used the advice present in the documentation - 
there is a file in the dvb-kernel drivers which explains how to setup 
udev - its in linux/Documentation/dvb/udev.txt btw - took me ages to 
find (why aren't the docs in the doc folder??)

Anyway, once I had done all this, and rebooted on the new kernel, it all 
worked perfectly for my mythtv installation - took me 4 days and alot of 
kernel compilation and swearing mind!

Good luck, and let us know how you get on.

Here is an lsmod listing if it helps - I also have the .config file I 
used as well if you want it.

[root@samtv ~]# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
nfsd                  210976  9
exportfs                9344  1 nfsd
md5                     4608  1
ipv6                  272960  16
autofs4                28164  0
via686a                18840  0
eeprom                  8216  0
adm1021                13236  0
i2c_sensor              3840  3 via686a,eeprom,adm1021
i2c_isa                 2432  0
nfs                   228484  3
lockd                  68264  3 nfsd,nfs
sunrpc                182372  23 nfsd,nfs,lockd
video                  16132  0
button                  6928  0
battery                 9220  0
ac                      5124  0
cx8800                 34188  0
v4l1_compat            14212  1 cx8800
v4l2_common             6144  1 cx8800
cx88_dvb                6660  0
cx8802                 12164  1 cx88_dvb
mt352                   6020  1 cx88_dvb
cx88xx                 48916  3 cx8800,cx88_dvb,cx8802
i2c_algo_bit            9736  1 cx88xx
btcx_risc               5256  3 cx8800,cx8802,cx88xx
videodev               10240  2 cx8800,cx88xx
video_buf_dvb           7300  10 cx88_dvb
video_buf              24324  5 cx8800,cx88_dvb,cx8802,cx88xx,video_buf_dvb
cx22702                10756  1 cx88_dvb
budget_ci              13440  0
tda1004x               13700  1 budget_ci
budget_core            12420  1 budget_ci
dvb_core               94768  12 video_buf_dvb,budget_ci,budget_core
saa7146                19920  2 budget_ci,budget_core
ttpci_eeprom            3072  1 budget_core
stv0299                10500  1 budget_ci
parport_pc             29636  0
parport                41928  1 parport_pc
i2c_viapro              7948  0
i2c_core               23552  15 
via686a,eeprom,adm1021,i2c_sensor,i2c_isa,mt352,cx88xx,i2c_algo_bit,cx22702,budget_ci,tda1004x,budget_core,ttpci_eeprom,stv0299,i2c_viapro
8139too                30592  0
mii                     5504  1 8139too
ext3                  134152  3
jbd                    86808  1 ext3
dm_mod                 61844  2

Cheers,

Richie