[ATrpms-users] Re: lm sensors patch against a 2.4.20-8 kernel?

[Jarod Wilson]

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On Tuesday 03 August 2004 06:52 am, Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 09:04:25PM -0400, Kevin J. Slater wrote:
> >
> > I'm currently rebuilding my MythTV box and since it uses a VIA EPIA
> > M9000 motherboard, I decided to use the VIA drivers for the video. I
> > have a PVR-250 for this box and as I'm sure you know, the stock Redhat 9
> > kernel (2.4.20-8) uses an i2c version that it too old for the Hauppauge
> > remote i2c stuff.
>
> Are you sure about that? I believe that it is possible to use
> unpatched kernels with ivtv.

Axel is correct, I ran ivtv and the hauppauge remote on stock RH9 kernels back 
in the day without a problem.

> > So I'm thinking I'd like to patch the kernel for the i2c 2.8.x. Can
> > you give me some pointers?
> >
> > I see that you successfully patched 2.4.20 for your custom kernel for
> > Redhat 9. I installed your 2.4.20-35_39 kernel and I'd use it but the
> > VIA drivers will only load with 2.4.20-8.
>
> AFAIK there are Open Source drivers that would work with any kernel,
> but I may be wrong.

Nope, you're correct again. And they actually work much better with Myth than 
the closed-source ones.

> > Any help or instruction, most greatly appreciated.
>
> Since 2.4.20-35_39 and 2.4.20-8 mainly differ in security fixes, the
> patch for i2c which is part of the src.rpm to 2.4.20-35_39 should
> apply.
>
> But building your own patched kernel will bring you in the same
> situation: Even if you name it that way, you won't be using 2.4.20-8
> anymore and the cia drivers may crash as they may be using the i2c
> subsystem as well.

I wouldn't even give the closed-source drivers another look. Head over to 
http://www.ivor.it/cle266/ and http://unichrome.sourceforge.net.

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Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE
jarod at wilsonet.com
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