[ATrpms-users] Re: el4 support of LinuxTV DVB packages?

[Axel Thimm]

On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 11:44:22AM +0000, Peter wrote:
> Axel,
> 
> Just before I spend some time trying to figure out how to get my DVB cards
> running under an el4 deriviative, are the i386 linuxtv rpms (bttv, cx88 and
> the like) missing due to build errors or some other (more complex) reason?

Both, linux-dvb requires a very recent kernel to build. You should ask
on the linux-dvb lists for lowering the minimum kernel
requirements. It's on the TODO list, but not really high, so any
visible demand will raise its priority.

Currently even v4l does not built on EL4 and derivatives.

> Any idea if these issues are complex to resolve? I'll build up a box with
> centos4 to take a look myself, but thought if you knew how difficult is may
> be I'd save wasting some of my time.

It depends on the DVB hardware, but currently for DVB I'd use Fedora
Core. You are rather on the safe side there.

Of course as soon as DVB and V4L support is available again for 2.6.9,
I'll be building kmdls and the like.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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