Updates to *buntu 12.04 LTS kernel 3.2.0 for Hauppauge HVR-950Q driver issues

[jrh]

Brad,

Thanks, I have entered a bug against the kernel, #1062917, and included in it a link the commit that Devin did.

Regards!

Jay
On Oct 5, 2012, at 6:38 PM, Brad Figg wrote:

> On 10/05/2012 03:17 PM, jrh wrote:
>> Greetings!
>> 
>> I have a Hauppauge HVR 950Q tuner that I am having some problems with.
>> The maintainer of the modules(Devin Heitmueller(sp?) ) for this tuner had made a couple of small changes to it that are committed to the dev kernel as of a month ago or so. 
>> What protocol do I follow for the kernel maintainers for ubuntu 12.04 to back port the changes to the 3.2 kernel being used for mythbuntu 12.04? or can I? :-)
>> 
>> Currently, when using mythbuntu 12.04 mythtv with the drivers as is, It causes a kernel data dump, and kills mythtv-backend.
>> 
>> Regards!
>> 
>> Jay
>> 
>> 
> 
> Jay,
> 
> There is no problem with you doing it. Go ahead and open a bug,
> do the backport work and submit the patch for inclusion in
> the Precise kernel.
> 
> You can also just add the upstream (Linus' tree) sha1 to the
> bug and add the bug id to a followup email here. We will take
> a look at how big the fix is.
> 
> Brad
> -- 
> Brad Figg brad.figg at canonical.com http://www.canonical.com