[cpia] Building a kernel with CPiA support

Jacob Nikom nikom@merl.com
Fri, 21 Apr 2000 17:54:56 -0400


Thank you Johannes,

I would never get it by myself,

Jacob Nikom

Johannes Erdfelt wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Apr 21, 2000, Jacob Nikom <nikom@merl.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to configure a kernel 2.3.99 pre5 trying to
> > get CPiA driver supported by the kernel. However, when I run
> > menuconfig or xconfig utilities they never asked me about
> > CPiA driver.
> >
> > In the file Config.help there is an information about the
> > driver, like CONFIG_VIDEO_CPIA, CONFIG_VIDEO_CPIA_USB.
> >
> > Which utility should I run to put those configuration parameters
> > into the kernel?
> >
> > I am running Redhat 6.2, Pentium II, current kernel 2.2.12-20.
> 
> This is a problem with the current config system. They have dependancy
> information which hides options if previous options were not specified.
> 
> You need to enable USB first, then go back to video4linux and then
> select CPiA.
> 
> However, it should have atleast prompted you for the CPiA core driver.
> 
> JE