Re: [gentoo-user] ivtv support for gentoo-sources 2.6.19-r7 and higher?

[Mark Knecht]

On 4/19/07, Bo Ørsted Andresen <bo.andresen@××××.dk> wrote:
> On Friday 20 April 2007 00:08:03 Mark Knecht wrote:
<SNIP>
> >
> > Does anyone know what's required to get these features into the kernel?
>
> If you enter `make menuconfig` for your kernel then you can type slash ('/') to
> search for config options. If you search for VIDEO_HELPER_CHIPS_AUTO then you
> get output like this:
>
>   Location:
>     -> Device Drivers
>       -> Multimedia devices
>         -> Video For Linux (VIDEO_DEV [=n])
>           -> Video Capture Adapters
>
> which tells you where to find and disable that option.
>
> If you search for VIDEO_WM8775 then in addition to it's Location you also see:
>
>   Depends on: VIDEO_DEV && !VIDEO_HELPER_CHIPS_AUTO && VIDEO_V4L2 && I2C && EXPERIMENTAL
>
> This tells you that that option is only visible when VIDEO_DEV is enabled,
> VIDEO_HELPER_CHIPS_AUTO is disabled (which it isn't), VIDEO_V4L2 is enabled
> etc...
>
> So using the search facilities in `make menuconfig` like this you should
> be able to find and set correctly these options on your own...
>
> --
> Bo Andresen
>
>

Bo & Jerry,
   First, thanks!

   Second, I completely understand that I am just a low end Linux
user. I don't write software. I basically just make the machines work
somehow. That said I cannot imagine how I've used make menuconfig for
something like 7-8 years and had NO, and I do mean NO, idea that it
could do a search! Stupid me!

   Anyway, I've now built the kernel and emerged ivtv-0.10.1-r1
against gentoo-sources-2.6.20-r6. Everything looks good for now. I
cannot test any of this until tomorrow morning and the family is using
MythTV until then.

   Thanks so much for your quick responses and the great info about
how to search out the correct options! Great stuff!

Cheers,
Mark
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