From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 8 19:37:03 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7EF716A4E6 for ; Sun, 8 May 2005 19:37:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from relay04.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (relay04.roc.ny.frontiernet.net [66.133.182.167]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83F5343D31 for ; Sun, 8 May 2005 19:37:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: from filter09.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (filter09.roc.ny.frontiernet.net [66.133.183.76])DFA643593F8; Sun, 8 May 2005 19:37:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay04.roc.ny.frontiernet.net ([66.133.182.167]) [66.133.183.76]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 18073-14-96; Sun, 8 May 2005 19:37:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (70-97-204-86.dsl2.elk.ca.frontiernet.net [70.97.204.86])31B9A3583EB; Sun, 8 May 2005 19:36:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (bigdaddy.mykitchentable.net [192.168.1.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B34BC3BF3B9; Sun, 8 May 2005 12:36:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <427E6A5A.2040404@mykitchentable.net> Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 12:36:58 -0700 From: Drew Tomlinson User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: William Bloom References: <427D805A.6000805@eldocomp.com> In-Reply-To: <427D805A.6000805@eldocomp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20040701 (2.0) at filter09.roc.ny.frontiernet.net cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: WinTV and bktr X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 19:37:04 -0000 On 5/7/2005 7:58 PM William Bloom wrote: >I've installed a WinTV PVR 150MCE card in my Dell 4550, which has been running >FreeBSD 5.3 for many months, and would like to try it with fxtv or gnomemeeting. >Since I'm using a custom kernel which was built without bktr support, I've added >the following to loader.conf (from a read of the bktr man page)... > > bktr_load="YES" > iccbus_load="YES" > iccbb="YES" > >I already have smbus support in the kernel. > >After I boot, kldstat shows all these modules are indeed loaded. But dmesg >reports that no driver attached the WinTV. > >The following is reported by pciconf -lv... > > none2@pci2:1:0: class=0x040000 card=0x88010070 chip=0x00164444 rev=0x01 >hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Conexant Inc (Was: Globespan, ICompression Inc)' > device = 'iTVC16/CX23416 MPEG Codec' > class = multimedia > subclass = video > >Conexant now owns brooktree technology, right? What have I got wrong? Could it >be that this WinTV card really doesn't use a brooktree chip that is one of those >supported by bktr? If so and therefore this WinTV card isn't supported by bktr, >can anyone suggest which WinTV card -would- work? > > >Bill > > As far as I know, the new MCE cards are not supported yet. This is why I bought a PVR-250 card. I think the older cards are supported as well. HTH, Drew -- Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse Magic Tricks, DVDs, Videos, Books, & More! http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com