Ever since linux-3.1, my DVB tuners have been non-functional.
This turns out to be due to a bug in with this chunk of code
inside linux/drivers/media/video/videobuf-dvb.c:
/* register network adapter */
dvb_net_init(adapter, &dvb->net, &dvb->demux.dmx);
if (dvb->net.dvbdev == NULL) {
result = -ENOMEM;
goto fail_fe_conn;
}
The problem is, dvb_net_init() doesn't do anything
for the case where CONFIG_DVB_NET is not set.
And the code in videobuf-dvb.c treats this as a fatal error.
The patch below (linux-3.2.6) fixes the regression.
Signed-off-by: Mark Lord <[email protected]>
---
Patch is also attached to bypass email mangling.
--- linux-3.2.6/drivers/media/video/videobuf-dvb.c 2012-02-13 14:17:29.000000000
-0500
+++ linux/drivers/media/video/videobuf-dvb.c 2012-02-18 13:21:42.422716047 -0500
@@ -226,9 +226,10 @@
}
/* register network adapter */
- dvb_net_init(adapter, &dvb->net, &dvb->demux.dmx);
- if (dvb->net.dvbdev == NULL) {
- result = -ENOMEM;
+ result = dvb_net_init(adapter, &dvb->net, &dvb->demux.dmx);
+ if (result < 0) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: dvb_net_init failed (errno = %d)\n",
+ dvb->name, result);
goto fail_fe_conn;
}
return 0;