gspcav1 driver problems

[Anne Wilson]

On Wednesday 14 March 2007, Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 10:15:39PM +0000, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Wednesday 14 March 2007, Axel Thimm wrote:
> > > The kernel module projects are split in two packages:
> > >
> > > a) "gspcav1" containing everything that is not kernel version
> > >    specific, e.g. docs, binaries under /usr, libs etc.
> > >
> > > b) "gspcav1-kmdl-<kernel version>" for each kernel package which
> > >    contains the kernel module(s) for that explicit kernel
> >
> > I'm still confused - sorry :-(  So did the "gspcav1-kmdl-<kernel
> > version>" pull in the "gspcav1" part, or was it already there?  I thought
> > it was uninstalled when the kernel was installed, and I didn't see it
> > mentioned in the re-install.
>
> The "gspcav1" doesn't need upgrading just because the kernel version
> changed, it remains the same for all kernel version. The only reason
> "gspcav1" would change would be an update of its own sources or a fix
> in the package.
>
> Also "gspcav1" pulls in the kmdl, the kmdl itself can and does work
> w/o the userland part. Just like a kernel module for a sound card works
> w/o you needing to install the sound utilities as well.

OK, thanks for the explanation.  Perhaps when I tried to re-install the pair I 
actually got the gspcav1 installed, so this time only the kmdl part was 
needed.  At least I understand a little more now :-)

Anne