Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo-Sources/Vanilla-Sources/Video 4 Linux

[Jon Hardcastle]

--- On Mon, 29/9/08, Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de> wrote:

> From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de>
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo-Sources/Vanilla-Sources/Video 4 Linux
> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
> Date: Monday, 29 September, 2008, 10:59 AM
> On Monday 29 September 2008, Jon Hardcastle wrote:
> > Hi, i have spent the weekend trying to get my new
> Hauppage USB tv stick to
> > work under linux.
> >
> > I have been constantly perplexed by references to
> compilable kernel modules
> > I couldn't see! I assumed it was because they
> referred to old modules or
> > something.
> >
> > But having downloaded and booted into Knoppix and run
> make menuconfig on
> > that i have confirmed that kernel seems to have
> 10's of TV card chipset
> > drivers availible to compile whereas
> gentoo-sources/vanilla-sources emerged
> > on my machine have maybe 2 or 3.
> >
> > Can someone offer me some assistance as to why this
> might be?
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > (This is my first mailing list post - please be
> gentle!)
> >
> > -----------------------
> > N: Jon Hardcastle
> > E: Jon@×××××××××××.com
> > 'The writing is on the wall...'
> > -----------------------
>
> because a large part of the dvb/tv drivers are developed
> outside of the main
> kernel tree. Also a large part is hidden under
> experimental.
>
> For my dvb-t stick I need to checkout a mercurial rep and
> do a make, make
> install in it do get drivers that work. And with
> 'work' I mean: no sound on
> first try, but after disconnecting the stick and
> reconnecting it, it suddenly
> works.

Hi, I went thru this process but i still dont have the option to add support as a kernel module. Should the mercurial add steps to the menuconfig?