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From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
To: Manuel Reimer <Manuel.Spam@nurfuerspam.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mchehab@infradead.org,
	v4l-dvb-maintainer@linuxtv.org
Subject: Re: TV card detected wrongly by the kernel. Any chance to get this fixed?
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:51:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070822215148.GL30705@stusta.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fai89b$ms1$1@sea.gmane.org>

On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 11:08:00PM +0200, Manuel Reimer wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a BT878 based TV card (was sold by a german discounter some years 
> ago).
>
> Unfortunately this card gets detected wrongly and so I'm unable to watch 
> tv, if I allow the kernel to auto-detect the card.
>
> If I unload the module and reload it using the right "card=" value, then 
> anything works well. So one of the first steps, I do if I install a new 
> version of my distribution, is to place the "unload module and reload with 
> the right value" code to my "rc.local" file.
>
> Is there any chance to get this card added to the kernel, so the right 
> value gets auto-loaded?

It might be possible, but the driver maintainer (Cc'ed) should know best.

What is the "card=" value you use?
What is the line for yor card in the "lspci -nn" output?

> Thanks in advance
>
> Yours
>
> Manuel Reimer

cu
Adrian

-- 

       "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out
        of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days.
       "Only a promise," Lao Er said.
                                       Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed


  reply	other threads:[~2007-08-22 21:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-08-22 21:08 TV card detected wrongly by the kernel. Any chance to get this fixed? Manuel Reimer
2007-08-22 21:51 ` Adrian Bunk [this message]
2007-08-22 22:55   ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2007-08-23 15:23     ` Manuel Reimer
2007-08-24 15:37       ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab

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