Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:10:20 +0100 From: Anders Troback <freebsd@troback.com> To: "Jim Stapleton" <stapleton.41@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: users of the pvrxxx port, please help test this update - or users with a PVR150/500 and unsupported tuner Message-ID: <20070315201020.57e9a877@devil.troback.com> In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20703090712q2db7c8c0wda9733f4d39cbf28@mail.gmail.com> References: <80f4f2b20703090712q2db7c8c0wda9733f4d39cbf28@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 9 Mar 2007 10:12:34 -0500 "Jim Stapleton" <stapleton.41@gmail.com> wrote: > I've updated the port a bit and would like some feedback as to >=20 > (a) Did I break anything > (b) Does it work as it appears to work for me. >=20 >=20 > What this update does: > 1) No more hand patching for known tuners > - that includes distfiles for your Mako rom > - that includes fbsd-compat.c for your Mako rom size > - sorry, if your tuner is unknown, it doesn't handle that >=20 > 2) Support for the Philips FM1236 MK3 tuner and API copatible tuners, > such as the TCL MFNM05-4. These include tuners identified by the > codes: > - 0x3A > - 0x56 > - 0x67 >=20 > I have tested this new model using an 0x67 tagged tuner for TV (VHFI, > VHFIII, UHF) but not yet FM (should work). Composite video appears to > work, but svideo does not, and will not be nearly as trivial of a > task, I am sorry; I will try, I will ask more innane questions in the > process. >=20 >=20 > File: > http://www.thestapletons.org/jim/pvrxxx_port_base.tbz >=20 > use (this assumes you downloaded the file to ~/): > #Go to the multimedia section of ports > $ cd /usr/ports > #Backup the original pvrxxx port: > $ tar -jcvf ~/pvrxxx-original.tbz pvrxxx/ > #extract the current pvrxxx port > $ tar -jxvf ~/pvrxxx_port_base.tbz > #make sure you have the require ROM and sys file in distfiles. > #I'll assume you've done this already, so you don't need instructions > on it #you still also have to run the iic_bus patch and rebuild the > kernel with it, #if you haven't already. >=20 > #make! > $ cd pvrxxx; sudo make clean install >=20 > #done! You should have no errors, and your tuner should work, no hand > patches required. >=20 > If the make fails: > $ cd ..; sudo rm -rfv pvrxxx/* > $ tar -jxvf ~/pvrxxx-original.tbz > #use your previous build methodology from here >=20 >=20 >=20 > Question: The instructions on the requisite iic_bus patching are not > in the base directory as far as I can tell. It looks like you aren't > supposed to put that kind of thing in pkg-descr, is there any place > that installation instructions can be place? I was thinking of making > a pkg-install-instructions file, but I'm not sure if the powers that > be would approve... >=20 > Thank you, > -Jim Stapleton Hi, I know that this may a bit late but... First a minor correction in your description, it's "cd /usr/ports/multimedia" and not just "cd /usr/ports" :-) The port will not build: =3D=3D=3D> Patching for pvrxxx-20060822 =3D=3D=3D> Applying FreeBSD patches for pvrxxx-20060822 Ignoring previously applied (or reversed) patch. 1 out of 1 hunks ignored--saving rejects to modules/cxm/cxm/Makefile.rej =3D> Patch patch-cxm failed to apply cleanly. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/multimedia/pvrxxx. \\troback --=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D How many Microsoft employees does it take to screw in a light bulb? None, they declare darkness a new standard. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Anders Trob=E4ck http://www.troback.com/ -
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