On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Aidan Thornton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 4/4/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > > > is there a driver available for this device? What firmware does it need? > > > > > > > > Cheers, Ronald > > Hi, > > It's supported by the userspace drivers, and AFAIK nothing else. The > official installation instructions are at > http://mcentral.de/wiki/index.php5/Installation_Guide but I'd recommend > against following them literally, since unless you know what you're doing you > could seriously break your system, and they'll only work right on > Debian/Ubuntu. (In particular, I suggest you skip the "sudo rm -r -f > /usr/src/*" and change the "sudo rm -r -f /lib/modules/*" to "sudo rm -r -f > /lib/modules/*/kernel/drivers/media".) You don't need any external firmware; > it's all included. > > (The comments in the driver say it has an xc5000 tuner, which is rather > unusual since this is more aimed for DVB-C devices IIRC. It might be possible > to write a fully in-kernel driver for it - there is an xc5000 driver, though > I'm not sure if analog works on it - but no-one has yet.) >
the xc5000 is fully supported within that repository and the conexant driver (which is totally device dependent). *think before submitting anything* which in that area means buy the device and test it by yourself and look at the code, although it's just a limited design anyway. Markus _______________________________________________ Em28xx mailing list [email protected] http://mcentral.de/mailman/listinfo/em28xx
