[mythtv-users] TBS drivers updated to work with kernels up to 6.2

[Paul Harrison]

On 28/03/2023 17:05, Stephen Worthington wrote:

> On Tue, 28 Mar 2023 15:14:40 +0000, you wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 4:30?AM Stephen Worthington
>> <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
>>
>>> I have now had my first kernel update since the TBS drivers were
>>> updated, and it seems that the two new sed lines in the build script
>>> are wrong.  When I compiled with them, the drivers did not load
>>> against my new kernel - there were messages about rc_* names not being
>>> found.  Removing the two sed lines again made the drivers work as
>>> normal.
>> TBS really needs to upstream their current
>> driver.  I believe Hauppauge has done so,
>> leaving TBS as the last major TV tuner
>> manufacturer who forces their Linux users
>> to compile their own kernel driver (with
>> all the resulting failure modes).
>>
>> Since the code is GPLv2, perhaps someone
>> who uses those cards might upstream the
>> code.
> Yes, that would be great.  I have never been sure why they do not do
> this themselves.


I was told it's something to do with supporting there clients who wish 
to embed there devices in there products who typically use older kernels 
or something like that.


Paul H.