[20:20] <Hovefirse> Hiya folks. I'm trying to apply a patch to my dvb-drivers, and just want to make sure that I´m on the right track. I'm running 8.04 in command line mode, uname -r gives me "2.6.24-19-generic". I've fetched the source to /usr/src with the commands "sudo apt-get build-dep linux-image-$(uname -r)" and "sudo apt-get source linux-image-$(uname -r)", which gives me the directory "drwxr-sr-x 22...
[20:20] <Hovefirse> ...root src       4096 2008-09-08 22:06 linux-2.6.24" with lotsa stuff in it. I'll do the patches, right, and compile the whole shebang with a make-command. Will that be it, or is there anything else I should consider?
[20:23] <smb_tp> Hovefirse, Have you already looked at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile ?
[20:24] <Hovefirse> smb_tp: yep, read it through, but since this is my first time I wanted to have some Live Aid along the road!
[20:26] <smb_tp> Hovefirse, The best way to start the compile is to call "fakeroot debian/rules binary-generic" (if you want a generic kernel. You better not use the make commands directly (especially NOT "make mrproper")
[20:27] <Hovefirse> smb_tp: OK. So, will the fakeroot...-command take care of the compiling process?
[20:28] <smb_tp> Hovefirse, fakeroot helps for the packaging (where you need some files with root privileges). The compile is controlled by debian/rules which is a makefile
[20:30] <Hovefirse> smb_tp: Hmm...OK. It's all a bit new to me, but hopefully it'll clear in time. My situation is simple: I have a driver (dvb) that I want to patch - do I really have to recompile all and everything, or is there anyway of just remaking this particular driver?
[20:30] <smb_tp> Hovefirse, You will get a *.deb package in the directory above the kernel directory
[20:30] <mkrufky> Hovefirse: im curious which driver you want to patch
[20:31] <Hovefirse> mkrufky: The patch is for the following file: --- linux/drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/av7110_ca.c   2007-05-19 13:44:15.000000000 +0200
[20:31] <smb_tp> Hovefirse, Not if that driver is inside the kernel. You always need the complete symvers rebuild. Which doesn't get done if compiling only parts.
[20:31] <mkrufky> what feature are you trying to enable by the patch, Hovefirse ?
[20:32] <mkrufky> it's in the kernel, smb_tp
[20:32] <mkrufky> he'll have to rebuild the entire kernel if thats what he wants to do
[20:32] <Hovefirse> mkrufky: It's needed to enable the functionality of a conax-card reader. vdruses it
[20:32] <mkrufky> it makes SOOOOO much more sense to just use the development tree on linuxtv.org
[20:33] <mkrufky> ...and it will work with your ubuntu kernel... the only problem is that it will break cx88-alsa and saa7134-alsa, and maybe a webcam driver or two (or three)
[20:33] <Hovefirse> mkrufky: Hey, I'm ready to buy that ;)  Mind telling me more?
[20:33] <mkrufky> but if all you care about it dvb stuff....
[20:33] <mkrufky> Hovefirse: see here:  http://linuxtv.org/repo
[20:33] <smb_tp> mkrufky, Most likely since the dvb stuff is back in the kernel and not in lum anymore. :)
[20:33] <mkrufky> when was dvb-core and all its drivers in lum ??
[20:34] <mkrufky> never that im aware of
[20:36] <smb_tp> mkrufky, not the core, but we had the cx88 and saa7143 there because of the alsa parts. Hmm, probably they are not dvb drivers. I admit I lack the fine difference (its somehow video)... ;-)
[20:36] <mkrufky> as per my recommendatiom, yes, saa7134-alsa and cx88-alsa were in LUM separately, because ubuntu used a new alsa subsystem
[20:36] <mkrufky> that doesnt affect av7110, smb_tp
[20:36] <Hovefirse> mkrufky: Hmm...does that page do what I aim to do? My vdr-system works. I want to watch pay-channels (I have a paid card and a cardreader), but I have understood that the dvb-drivers have to be patched in order to enable this (together with the sc-plugin for vdr). 
[20:37] <mkrufky> I CANT TELL YOU HOW TO DO THAT
[20:37] <mkrufky> but
[20:37] <mkrufky> what i CAN tell you how to do, is to patch a dvb driver and install that into your ubuntu kernel
[20:37] <mkrufky> and yes, if you use the repository on linuxtv.org, you can apply your patch, build the tree, and install the new drivers into your ubuntu kernel
[20:37] <mkrufky> please note:
[20:38] <Hovefirse> mkrufky: I wouldn't want to know anything about paid channels, you see - all I want to do is patch my driver 
[20:38] <mkrufky> any time you get a kernel update from ubuntu, you will have to do "make distclean" inside the v4l-dvb tree from linuxtv.org, and repeat the process
[20:38] <mkrufky> yup... i cant talk to you about pay channels
[20:38] <mkrufky> anyway... now this is off-topic... i'll be in #linuxtv if you have questions about that build process
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