[plug] kernel compilations, hollywood+

[Mike Holland]

On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, John Knight wrote:

> I'm having a bit of touble getting my Videologic DVD Decoder card to work, 
> it requires l2C (or I2C, I'm not sure) bit-banging support. This requires a 
...
> What's this bloke trying to achieve here, and how does this work? Can I use 
> the same method on my RH 7.3 box?

No problem! Your OS already has the I2C modules installed.
Try 'modprobe i2c-core'.
This bit-banging is commonly used for watching TV with BT878 cards.
Do you have xawtv or similar working? If so, the modules will already be 
there.

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