Squeeze 2.6.37.4 vs squeeze-backports vs kernel compiling [was IVTV Patch]

[Ramon Hofer <ramonhofer@bluewin.ch>]

Hi again

I found three choices to get my PVR-500 to work properly on Squeeze 
(2.6.32-5-amd64):


The first option would be installing at least 2.6.37-4-amd64. This 
kernel should be a stable release where the ivtv patch is applied 
(Commit 0ab29c52f9efdd645d565f8be3915183819a6c3e).
I found this 
http://ask.debian.net/questions/how-to-update-kernel-and-x-on-squeeze
The first answer says that I can install "kernel-package" and then
# make-kpkg 2.6.37-4
or something like this?


In the same thread benh answered three months ago "I just uploaded Linux 
2.6.37 to unstable, so it should be available in testing and 
squeeze-backports soon."
I found the http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/ page and added 
"deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports 
main" to my /etc/apt/sources.list.
Now I can install e.g. "linux-image-2.6.38-bpo.2-amd64".
It seems that this is exactly what I need 
(http://packages.debian.org/squeeze-backports/linux-image-2.6.38-bpo.2-amd64).
Is this a stable kernel version too?


The third option would be to adapt the needed changes to the ivtv-irq.c 
source code file in my old kernel version (2.6.32).  Then compile the 
kernel and modules and install the ivtv driver module.
Since I have neither touched the kernel nor compiled it I doubt that I 
will be able to do this in the next few months :-(


Thanks for any advice and help.


Best regards
Ramon