[linux-dvb] Re: Troubleshooting firmware download

[Hamish Moffatt <hamish@cloud.net.au>]

On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 04:18:03PM +1100, Nigel Pearson wrote:
> >Do you mean 2.6.10? If so, make sure that the kernel is compiled with
> >hotplug support (CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y) and that hotplug is installed. 
> >That's
> >about the extent of it.
> 
> (actually this 2.6.9 mistakenly had newer DVB drivers patched in.
>  I have now tried again with 2.6.10 instead. Sadly, no change)
> 
> % egrep _HOTPLUG= /usr/src/linux/.config
> CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y

Hmm. "ls -l /sbin/hotplug"?

I didn't have to configure anything for hotplug (on Debian).
Maybe other dists require some configuration.

Someone said it should be /lib/firmware on some dists.

Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>