David Timms (dtimms(a)iinet.net.au) said:
Looking further I notice that > modinfo dvb_bt8xx lists:
filename:
/lib/modules/2.6.23.1-21.fc7/kernel/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dvb-bt8xx.ko
license: GPL
author: Florian Schirmer <jolt(a)tuxbox.org>
description: Bt8xx based DVB adapter driver
depends: bttv,bt878,i2c-core,dvb-core
vermagic: 2.6.23.1-21.fc7 SMP mod_unload 686 4KSTACKS
parm: debug:Turn on/off debugging (default:off). (int)
Whereas for a network driver > modinfo tulip:
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.23.1-21.fc7/kernel/drivers/net/tulip/tulip.ko
version: 1.1.15
license: GPL
description: Digital 21*4* Tulip ethernet driver
author: The Linux Kernel Team
srcversion: 54B741F794FD4612A7C5AFD
alias: pci:v00001414d00000002sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v000014EAd0000AB08sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v000010B7d00009300sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v000017B3d0000AB08sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001737d0000AB08sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
...
Is it simply that these alias definitions need to be added to the driver; I
might be able to do that myself ?
Yes.
And that whenever newer boards are released using chip X that the
driver
for that chip needs to have a new alias added ?
Yes.
Bill