User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en; rv:1.8.1b2) Gecko/20060601 Epiphany/2.16 BonEcho/2.0b2 (Ubuntu-edgy) Build Identifier: The ivtv ebuild checks for various kernel configuration options, but not for CONFIG_KMOD which is required as stated at http://ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Howto#Kernel_configuration_specifics Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Disable CONFIG_KMOD, build kernel, reboot 2. modprobe ivtv will give you failed to load module tuner i.e Actual Results: ivtv not working correctly Expected Results: Checked for CONFIG_KMOD Portage 2.1.1 (default-linux/x86/2006.0, gcc-3.4.6, glibc-2.4-r3, 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.14 Last Sync: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 07:30:06 +0000 app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present] dev-java/java-config: [Not Present] dev-lang/python: 2.4.2 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: [Not Present] dev-util/confcache: [Not Present] sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r2 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-Os -march=athlon-xp -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-Os -march=athlon-xp -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/gentoo" LINGUAS="" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 elibc_glibc input_devices_evdev input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse kernel_linux nptl nptlonly userland_GNU" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, MAKEOPTS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Created attachment 99661 [details] Fixed ebuild for 0.8.0
Dup of #149039?
You are actually incorrect. It does not require KMOD at all. KMOD is a method by which other kernel modules can request features from the kernel. The current running kernel might not have that feature available so it queries for a module that provides that feature and then it loads that module. You can very simply load the proper and appropirate modules for your kernel without needing this enabled. In fact many users who have problems with this feature (i.e. the wrong module or wrong feature is loaded) disable KMOD and load items themselves. However, this feature is enabled by default in kernel configs and the help selection says it's strongly advised you leave it enabled. Clearly this is a clear cut example of someone not understanding options and flicking on and off switches that they are clueless about. And then not understanding what they did wrong.
Well, this may be true, it runs without the KMOD option if you load all the required modules by hand. On the other side the ivtv developers recommend to enable the option... but I'm ok with your decision.
