[mythtv] Re:[PATCH] Re: ivtv settings patch (revisited)

[Simon Kenyon]

Isaac Richards wrote:

>On Wednesday 24 September 2003 09:23 am, Geoffrey Hausheer wrote:
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>
>>Then my suggestion would be 'don't apply the v4l2 patches to the kernel'
>>(of course this won't help for people using 2.6).  It seems annoying that
>>we have potentially 3 versions of the videodev2.h file around: myth's,
>>ivtv's, and the kernel's.  This will not be easy to keep coordinated as
>>stuff changes.  perhaps we should find a way to detect and use the
>>kernel's version of videodev2.h before trying to use the
>>videodev2_myth.h?
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>>
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>Doesn't work, as the kernel videodev2.h cannot be used by userspace programs, 
>due to it including other kernel-only headers.
>
>Best solution would be for the v4l2 author to revert his completely 
>unnecessary binary-compatibility breaking changes.
>  
>
in the meantime is there a solution?

using videodev2.h from v4l in:

- a v4l2 patched 2.4.22
- the decoder branch of the ivtv driver
- mythtv by replacing videodev2_myth.h with it

results in (after a struggle) a fully working mythtv for me
--
simon