Bug#291191: kernel-source-2.6.10: avermedia firware filename
Package: kernel-source-2.6.10
Version: 2.6.10-3
Severity: wishlist
I recently tried to use kernel 2.6.10 with my avermedia DVB-T card. I
had trouble operating the card as the firmware which had previously
installed in the correct directory was not found by the sp887x module.
Reading the included perl script to fetch and install the firmware, I
discovered the filename has been changed. This could have been
documented in the avermedia.txt file. I believe this document patch
may help others, as the avermedia DVB-T card now works with a default
kernel, once the firmware is placed in the correct location.
cd /usr/src/linux/Documentation/dvb/
diff -u /usr/src/linux/Documentation/dvb/avermedia.txt /usr/src/linux/Documentation/dvb/avermedia.dmm.txt
--- /usr/src/linux/Documentation/dvb/avermedia.txt 2004-12-25 08:35:01.000000000 +1100
+++ /usr/src/linux/Documentation/dvb/avermedia.dmm.txt 2005-01-19 21:19:33.000000000 +1100
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@
Please use the command "get_dvb_firmware sp887x" to download
it. Then copy it to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware.
+ Alternatively manually extract the firmware file sc_main.mc.
+ Then copy it to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/dvb-fe-sp887x.fw
+
Receiving DVB-T in Australia
I have no experience of DVB-T in other countries other than
Diff finished at Wed Jan 19 21:19:54
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-debian-dmm
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=POSIX (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages kernel-source-2.6.10 depends on:
ii binutils 2.15-5 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
hi bzip2 1.0.2-1 A high-quality block-sorting file
hi coreutils [fileutils] 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities
hi fileutils 5.0.91-2 The GNU file management utilities
-- no debconf information
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