From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934211AbXHVVxB (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:53:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1763358AbXHVVwv (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:52:51 -0400 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:59422 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1763465AbXHVVwu (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:52:50 -0400 Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:51:48 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Manuel Reimer 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? Message-ID: <20070822215148.GL30705@stusta.de> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.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