Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 12:36:58 -0700 From: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: William Bloom <wbloom@eldocomp.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: WinTV and bktr Message-ID: <427E6A5A.2040404@mykitchentable.net> In-Reply-To: <427D805A.6000805@eldocomp.com> References: <427D805A.6000805@eldocomp.com>
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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
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