[mythtv-users] (somewhat off-topic) compiling the TBS 6981 driver

[Karl Dietz]

On 31.12.2013 11:55, UB40D wrote:
> I have a TBS 6981 dual tuner dvb-s2 card that has been working in a
> dedicated mythbuntu machine (on and off) for at least a couple of years.
> Whenever a new kernel is published I have to recompile the driver, which
> is a minor pain and sometimes breaks things.

from https://github.com/ljalves/linux_media/wiki

Open Source Drivers for TBS6980, TBS6981, TBS6984 DVB-S/S2 cards
The TBS6980/1 is now supported by the official linuxtv media_tree.

Maybe that's an alternative.

Regards,
Karl