Re: TV card detected wrongly by the kernel. Any chance to get this fixed?

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On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 11:08:00PM +0200, Manuel Reimer wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a BT878 based TV card (was sold by a german discounter some years 
> ago).
>
> Unfortunately this card gets detected wrongly and so I'm unable to watch 
> tv, if I allow the kernel to auto-detect the card.
>
> If I unload the module and reload it using the right "card=" value, then 
> anything works well. So one of the first steps, I do if I install a new 
> version of my distribution, is to place the "unload module and reload with 
> the right value" code to my "rc.local" file.
>
> Is there any chance to get this card added to the kernel, so the right 
> value gets auto-loaded?

It might be possible, but the driver maintainer (Cc'ed) should know best.

What is the "card=" value you use?
What is the line for yor card in the "lspci -nn" output?

> Thanks in advance
>
> Yours
>
> Manuel Reimer

cu
Adrian

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