On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 07:42:29PM +0100, Richard Melville wrote: > I'm trying to use a BT878 video capture card with my BLFS system. > Unfortunately I chose, in a moment of parsimony, a cheap version that does > not have an eeprom. This means that although I have added the correct > driver information to the kernel tree the card won't work. The only way > I've been able to test it was to run Linux Mint from a USB flash drive and > create the following bttv.conf file to add to the Linux Mint > /etc/modprobe.d directory:- > > alias char-major-81 bttv > options bttv gbuffers=16 card=133,132,133,133 tuner=4,4,4,4 > options i2c-algo-bit bit_test=1 > > This forces the BTTV driver into the correct configuration. > > As I'd really like to maintain a static kernel, rather than a modular > version, does anybody know how I can add the above driver information > directly into the kernel tree so that I can keep my static kernel and not > have to bother with modules. > > Any help would be much appreciated. > > Richard
grepping for bttv in Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt suggests you might be in luck (it said something like "most important parameters" are available as boot args for this driver). ĸen > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
