# Updating Ubuntu 12.04 LTS kernel to 3.15.8 with latest ddbridge DVB drivers # Download vanilla kernel with basic ubuntu config mkdir -p /opt/src/3.15.8-dvb cd /opt/src/3.15.8-dvb wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.15.8-utopic/linux-headers-3.15.8-031508-generic_3.15.8-031508.201407311933_amd64.deb wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.15.8-utopic/linux-headers-3.15.8-031508_3.15.8-031508.201407311933_all.deb wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.15.8-utopic/linux-image-3.15.8-031508-generic_3.15.8-031508.201407311933_amd64.deb dpkg -i *.deb # Reboot now # DVB driver part mkdir -p /opt/src/3.15.8-dvb/ddbridge cd /opt/src/3.15.8-dvb/ddbridge # Download branch with ddbridge drivers hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/~endriss/media_build_experimental cd media_build_experimental hg update -r 329 # Fresh kernel DVB support sed -i.bak linux/Makefile \ -e's|^LATEST_TAR :=.*|LATEST_TAR := http://linuxtv.org/downloads/drivers/linux-media-2014-07-29-27dcb00.tar.bz2|g' \ -e's|^LATEST_TAR_MD5 :=.*|LATEST_TAR_MD5 := http://linuxtv.org/downloads/drivers/linux-media-2014-07-29-27dcb00.tar.bz2.md5|g' # Download make download # Allow fuzzy warm feeling while patching since we want to watch the world burn sed -i.bak experimental/add-drivers \ -e's|patch -d..|patch -d.. -l -F3|g' # Unpack and download more make untar # More fixups mv backports/api_version.patch backports/api_version.patch.bak touch backports/api_version.patch # Even more mv backports/pr_fmt.patch backports/pr_fmt.patch.bak touch backports/pr_fmt.patch # smp_mb__after_atomic & friends are only present in 3.16 yet it's not possible to compile these pos DVB drivers with newer than 3.15 sed -i.bak -e's|smp_mb__after_atomic|smp_mb__after_clear_bit|g' linux/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/dvb_usb_core.c sed -i.bak -e's|smp_mb__after_atomic|smp_mb__after_clear_bit|g' linux/sound/pci/bt87x.c # Finally time to compile make # And install in unlikely case that it worked make install # Reboot since it's not possible to unload and reload ddbridge driver without crashing kernel reboot
Friday, August 01, 2014
Updating Ubuntu 12.04 LTS kernel to 3.15.8 with latest ddbridge DVB drivers
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