[ubuntu-mythtv] add a kernel module to linux-ubuntu-modules?

[Mario Limonciello]

Scott,

Send them to the Ubuntu Kernel mailing list and explain that they are on
their way upstream.  As for sending them upstream, submit the audio patch to
the ALSA hg mailing list and the the HID patch to the normal kernel mailing
list.

If they end up saying it's too late to fit into l-u-m even though they are
such simple patches, ask if linux-backport-modules would be a possibility.

Regards,

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Scott D. Davilla <davilla at 4pi.com> wrote:

> I have two kernel module patches that I require for AppleTV device
> support. Both involve kernel modules that are loaded, not builtin.
>
> The first, for audio device recognition and enabling analog audio, is
> easy  as I can patch sound/pci/hda/patch_realtek.c which is present
> in linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-generic source.
>
> The second is a two line device id recognition patch in
> drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-quirks.c. This requires usbhid to be
> recompiled and that means recompiling linux-image-2.6.22-14-generic
> which takes a long time. IR control could also be done by patching
> appleir.c in linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-generic but appleir is
> depreciated and should not be used anymore and patching appleir is
> not the preferred method as a forced module load order of appleir and
> usbhid is required.
>
> Is there an easy way to take linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-generic
> source and add usbhid as a replacement kernel module in a similar
> fashion as all the other kernel modules that are present in
> linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-generic?
>
> This would eliminate the effort required for others to enabled analog
> audio and IR control to a simple apt-get source
> linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-generic, patch it, remake and install.
> Could also do a pre-packaged deb but that's another issue.
>
> The addition of usbhid into linux-ubuntu-modules might also be
> something to consider for Hardy. USB hid device ids are being added
> all the time as new HID usb devices are added and usbhid seems to a
> module that see a lot of changes. It's a lot easier to patch and
> rebuild linux-ubuntu-modules than linux-image.
>
>
> No one has pushed these trivial patches upstream so I'll have to do
> it but that means at least another kernel cycle before they are
> present in any kernel release.
>
> Thanks
> Scott
>
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