Re: go7007 driver -- which program you use for capture

[Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>]

TJ wrote:
> jelle, that you?
> 
> Here's the patch against go7007 driver in 2.6.32 kernel (run with -p1).
> 
> The main purpose of the patch is to include support for ADS Tech DVD Xpress DX2
> usb capture card and make it usable with v4l2-ctl utility.
> 
> I also did a general clean-up in a few areas and *temporarily* added back in
> proprietary go7007 ioctls, so current mythtv users can take advantage of it and
> to make the gorecord program from wis-go7007 package now work again.
> 
> Also attached is a stripped down version of gorecord from which I removed all
> parameter-setting stuff. This version is meant to be used in conjunction with
> v4l2-ctl or other means of configuring capture parameters.
> 
> I will try to do mythtv patches next so that it starts using standard v4l2 ioctl
> calls and we can drop all proprietary stuff in the driver.
> 
> Please try it and lemme know if it works for you. I've run into a few Ubuntuers
> as well who were trying to get their boards working as well.

The patch doesn't apply on the latest -hg version:
patching file drivers/staging/go7007/Kconfig
patching file drivers/staging/go7007/go7007-driver.c
Hunk #2 succeeded at 225 (offset 1 line).
Hunk #3 succeeded at 285 (offset 1 line).
patching file drivers/staging/go7007/go7007-usb.c
patching file drivers/staging/go7007/go7007-v4l2.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 43.
Hunk #2 succeeded at 425 with fuzz 2 (offset 8 lines).
Hunk #4 succeeded at 578 (offset 8 lines).
Hunk #6 FAILED at 993.
Hunk #7 succeeded at 1078 with fuzz 1 (offset -8 lines).
Hunk #8 FAILED at 1538.
Hunk #9 succeeded at 1672 (offset -18 lines).
Hunk #10 succeeded at 1764 (offset -8 lines).
3 out of 10 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file drivers/staging/go7007/go7007-v4l2.c.rej
patching file drivers/staging/go7007/s2250-board.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 357.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file drivers/staging/go7007/s2250-board.c.rej
patching file drivers/staging/go7007/wis-i2c.h
patching file drivers/staging/go7007/wis-saa7113.c
patching file drivers/staging/go7007/wis-saa7115.c
patching file drivers/staging/go7007/wis-tw2804.c
patching file drivers/staging/go7007/wis-tw9903.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 152.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file drivers/staging/go7007/wis-tw9903.c.rej
patching file drivers/staging/go7007/wis-tw9906.c
Patch doesn't apply

Also, you shouldn't re-add the proprietary API but, instead, to port it to use the
API support for compressed stuff.

Cheers,
Mauro.