Re: [PATCH 1/9] Update the DVB subsystem docs

[Michael Hunold]

Hello Richard,

On 02/23/04 23:23, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Feb 2004, Michael Hunold wrote:

> > +   The  Windows  drivers  for the Avermedia DVB-T can be obtained
> > +   from: http://babyurl.com/H3U970 and you can get an application
> > +   to extract the firmware from:
> > +   http://www.kyz.uklinux.net/cabextract.php.
> > +     _________________________________________________________
>
>
> Truly bizarre, weird........

DVB under Linux is sometimes cruel. Newer devices require firmware which 
cannot be legally distributed.

So these curde workarounds are necessary, unfortunately.


> > +   The  default  Linux  filesystem  location for this firmware is
> > +   /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/sc_main.mc .

> What does this have to do with the kernel? Isn't this for some
> utility that starts Aver/TV? Surely the kernel doesn't read files.

The description said, that the file is also a nice introduction to DVB 
in general (with a close look to the avermedia cards), so this 
information wasn't stripped.

> > 		extracted from the Windows driver (Sc_main.mc).
> > - tda1004x: firmware is loaded from path specified in
> > 		DVB_TDA1004X_FIRMWARE_FILE kernel config
>
>
> WTF? The __kernel__ doesn't read files. User mode programs
> use the kernel to read files for them, on their behalf.

Please refer to my other mail to Christoph and Andrew. Some of the 
drivers uses historical cruft and we have a plan to overcome this.

> Cheers,
> Dick Johnson

CU
Michael.
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