[mythtv-users] Re: Has anyone setup v4l2 succesfully?

[Colin Armstrong]

Well, the reason I say that the .config was not included with the ATrpms
kernel is because I tried to compile something and it failed because of
now .config file. Now it easily could have been in a abnormal place, but
at least for me it was not in the normal place. Also, sorry for the
confusion about the kernel recompile; I didn't have to patch the ATrpms 
kernel with V4L2; I had to patch the stock kernel with V4L2. And about
it made life worse; I meant that it just made it harder to compile
software. Red Hat patches their kernels so much already that not too
many things are done normally inside of a Red Hat kernel. For me at
least, the extra patches that are in the ATrpms kernel made the kernel
even more unstable than usual fore me.
Colin
On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 13:46, Jarod C. Wilson wrote:
> On Thursday, Colin wrote:
> 
> > I recompiled my kernel twice hoping for V4L2 support. The first time I
> > got the kernel suggested from by link below using apt-get, but that
> > kernel did not come with a .config file. This would not be a problem
> > except this kernel made my apt-get think it was a version lower than it
> > was, so I had to  install some stuff by hand but, I couldn't because I
> > lacked a .config file from the kernel.
> 
> .config files are included with the kernel-source packages for ATrpms 
> kernels, just like the stock Red Hat kernels. There is also a copy of 
> your running kernel .config file in /boot, which does come with the 
> kernel package. Look again, I think you are mistaken. There was never 
> any need to recompile the ATrpms kernels either. They are already 
> patched with v4l2 support.
> 
> > Also the kernel suggested is a
> > patched Red Hat kernel, which made life even worse. So I recompiled 
> > with
> > a regular stock kernel and patched it with V4L2, which then worked
> > perfectly.
> 
> What about it made life worse? It works perfectly for me, and many 
> others. Any feedback on what went wrong with the kernel would be 
> appreciated, because it has been flawless here with my PVR-250.
> 
> -jcw
> 
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