[mythtvnz] configuring hvr-2200 card

[David Moore]

On 16/09/11 12:52, Hadley Rich wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 12:33 +1200, Roger Searle wrote:
>> So still needed:
>>
>> roger at gemini ~ $ wget
>> http://www.steventoth.net/linux/hvr22xx/firmwares/4019072/NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw
>>
>> roger at gemini ~ $ sudo cp *fw /lib/firmware/2.6.38-8-generic/
>> roger at gemini ~ $ sudo modprobe -r saa7164
>> roger at gemini ~ $ sudo modprobe saa7164
>
> I'm not sure what you meant by building several hundred files? The
> firmware from the page (as you did above) should be all that you needed.
>
I think he means building the v4l-dvb device drivers following the 
instructions on 
http://linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hauppauge_WinTV-HVR-2200. I don't 
recall doing this myself so I assume late model kernels have built-in 
driver support for the HVR-2200 chipset? And the 2250? Or am I missing 
something about how the v4l-dvb drivers and HVR-22x0 firmware work?

> By the way, if you put it in /lib/firmware/ directly then you won't have
> to worry about what happens when the kernel gets updated.
>
Good call. I "lost" the firmware after each kernel upgrade due to 
storing it in a sub-dir of /lib/firmware/. Pain copying it back each time.