[mythtv-users] Has anyone managed to get LIRC w/ Hauppauge PVR-250 remote working on 2.4.20-8 kernel?

[Adam Wood]

Hi,

I've managed to get a setup like this working quite nicely. Haven't
setup the remote completely but it did get recognised. I'm hoping to go
back to fixing it soon. I did have to recompile the kernel. I used stock
redhat 9.0 (2.4.20-8) and installed the sources. After running "make
menuconfig" I tweaked a couple of files to reset the version number
before compiling. I've not got the details right here but off the top of
my head a new kernel will be compiling as 2.4.20-8custom to remove the
"custom" from the end modify include/version.h and Makefile in the root
source directory /usr/src/linux (or whatever) I think there is a #define
minor_version or custom_version something to that effect which needs
deleting or resetting to '8'. Same thing in Makefile.

After that cle266 drivers would load no problem as it thought the kernel
was still the stock version and the binary image is similar enough that
it doesn't matter. Just remember to include i2c support when
configuring.

Hope that is some help, if my directions aren't clear just tell me and
I'll post this evening when I get a chance to look at the details.

Adam

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of 
> rob.parkhill at shaw.ca
> Sent: 20 November 2003 08:53
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Has anyone managed to get LIRC w/ 
> Hauppauge PVR-250 remote working on 2.4.20-8 kernel?
> 
> 
> Hi Folks: 
> 
> Has anyone managed to get LIRC w/ Hauppauge PVR-250 remote 
> working on 2.4.20-8 kernel?
> 
> All of the information I can find seems to indicate that to 
> get the PVR-250 remote to work with LIRC, I need i2c version 
> 2.8.0, but that version only seems to work with 2.4.21+ 
> kernels (and even then, you need to patch the kernel to get 
> it to work.)
> 
> The reason I want to stick with 2.4.20-8 is so I can use the 
> VIA CLE266 drivers for RedHat 9. They are working quite 
> nicely, and I don't think I will be able to get them to run 
> on a different kernel.
> 
> I've checked on the LIRC mailing list, and there seems to be 
> no action over there, so I thought I would ask here since I 
> have spotted a few people on the list with the same hardware 
> setup as me.
> 
> Any pointers are appreciated.
> 
> (BTW, the PVR-250/M10000 combo is pretty sweet once the 
> CLE266 drivers are installed... 0.5% CPU usage when 
> capturing, about 60% usage when playing a 720x480 8Mbit MPEG-2.)
> 
> later...
>          Rob
> 
>