Re: patch 1 / 3: fix broken documentation for bt8xx cards

[Randy Dunlap]

On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:29:04 +0100 Uwe Bugla wrote:

> --- a/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/dvb/bt8xx.txt
> @@ -9,9 +9,33 @@
>  Please see Documentation/dvb/cards.txt => o Cards based on the Conexant Bt8xx PCI bridge:
>  
>  Compiling kernel please enable:
> -a.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Video For Linux" => "BT848 Video For Linux"
> +a.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Video For Linux" => "Enable Video for Linux API 1 (DEPRECATED)"
> -b.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting Devices"
> - => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "Bt8xx based PCI Cards"
> +b.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Video For Linux" => "Video Capture Adapters" => "BT848 Video For Linux"
> +c.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting Devices" => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "Bt8xx based PCI Cards"
> +
> +Please use the following options with care as deselection of drivers which are in fact necessary
> +may result in DVB devices that cannot be tuned due to lack of driver support:
> +You can save RAM by deselecting every frontend or DST module that your DVB card does not need.

Please limit (prose) text to less than 80 columns.  Thanks.

> +
> +First please remove the static dependency of DVB card drivers on all frontend modules for all possible card variants by enabling:
> +d.) "Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting Devices"
> + => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "Load and attach frontend modules as needed"
> +
> +If you know the frontend driver that your card needs please enable:
> +e.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting Devices"
> + => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support" "Customise DVB Frontends" => "Customise the frontend modules to build"
> + Then please select your card-specific frontend module.
> +
> +Do you use one of the following cards?
> +1. Twinhan DST (FTA and CI) family (DVB-S/C/T/ATSC)
> +2. Pinnacle PCTV SAT CI
> +3. Chaintech DST-1000
> +4. DNTV Live !
> +
> +If not you can save additional RAM by enabling:
> +f.)"Device drivers" => "Multimedia devices" => "Digital Video Broadcasting Devices" => "DVB for Linux" "DVB Core Support"
> + "Bt8xx based PCI Cards" => "Customise DST support" => "Customise DST modules to build"
> + Then please deselect "DST module" and "DST CA module"
>  
>  2) Loading Modules
>  ==================
> @@ -68,7 +92,7 @@
>  	$ modprobe dvb-bt8xx
>  
>  For a full list of card ID's please see Documentation/video4linux/CARDLIST.bttv.
> -In case of further problems send questions to the mailing list: www.linuxdvb.org.
> +In case of further problems please subscribe and send questions to the mailing list: linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>  
>  Authors: Richard Walker,
>  	 Jamie Honan,


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~Randy
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