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Subject: Re: RTL2831U wont compile against 2.6.38
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Thomas Holzeisen wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I tried to get an RTL2831U dvb-t usb-stick running with a more recent kernel (2.6.38) and failed.
> 
> The hg respository ~jhoogenraad/rtl2831-r2 aborts on countless drivers, the rc coding seem have to
> changed a lot since it got touched the last time.
> 
> The hg respository ~anttip/rtl2831u wont compile as well, since its even older.
> 
> The recent git respositories for media_tree and anttip dont contain drivers for the rtl2831u.
> 
> Has this device been abandoned, or is anyone working on it?
> 
> greetings,
> Thomas

There are still people working on it and there is new sources, e.g. look at
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-media/msg24890.html
at the very bottom. Worked like a charm at my system with kernel 2.6.39.

I think, there will be announcements later at
http://wiki.zeratul.org/doku.php?id=linux:v4l:realtek:start

Greetings from Braunschweig, Germany.
Sascha