[mythtv-users] MythTV Does Not See PVR-250 - Must Fix Before Wife Returns!

[Drew Tomlinson]

On 4/10/2011 3:28 PM, Rob Smith wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 3:26 PM, John Drescher<drescherjm at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> The following overlay is easy to use and works fine with my ivtv
>> devices in gentoo and a 2.6.38 kernel:
>>
>> http://github.com/MarcT/mt-mythtv/wiki
> The official one does as well with a properly configured kernel. He'll
> have the same issue with your build.

OK, now I'm confused.  I was using the overlay at 
https://github.com/MythTV/packaging.  It's my understanding that Gentoo 
ebuilds in that overlay will NOT work with 2.6.38 kernels because v4L1 
is no longer supported.  If I'm understanding correctly, that ebuild 
installs
mythtv-0.24_p20110329.

Then other posts suggest that the current 0.24-fixes has patches so that 
v4L1 is no longer required and thus, CAN be used with a 2.6.38 kernel.  
Thus I've been trying to figure out how to get the current 0.24-fixes 
installed on my box.

So, can I use either of these overlays to get a mythtv build that 
supports ivtv?  If so, which one.  And if so, what must be included to 
ensure a "properly configured kernel"?

Or optionally, can you tell me how to tweak the ebuild to get the 
current 0.24-fixes?  In the reading I've done on git, it seems like 
finding the magical SHA1 numbers and editing the ebuild might do it.

Thanks for your help,

Drew

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