Re: type= parameter missing from linux-2.6.12 tuner module

[csj <csj@gmx.co.uk>]

On 17. July 2005 at 5:40AM -0500,
ephemeroot@bluebottle.com wrote:

> There appears to be significant differences between the
> "tuner" module in linux 2.6.12 and the same module
> under linux 2.6.11. In particular the "type" paramater is
> missing from linux 2.6.12.3, as shown by a comparison
> of the truncated modinfo output appended at the end of
> this email.
> 
> I absolutely *need* the type= paramater, since my tuner
> card is "misrecognized" as PAL (our broadcast system is
> NTSC).
> 
> The "tuner" module of linux 2.6.12 appears to load fine
> *without* any parameters (using insmod /path/to/tuner.ko).
> But it fails with "modprobe tuner", which reads the options
> I set in "/etc/modprobe.d/01_local_directives":
> 
> options bttv card=34 radio=1
> options tuner type=8 debug=1

Changing the above lines to the following should fix the problem:

options bttv card=34 tuner=8 radio=1
# options       tuner type=8 debug=1

Apparently the tuner option is now handled by the bttv module.

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