# HG changeset patch
# User diego
# Date 1174160933 0
# Node ID 2677b18556f9b81b26a7082393baaf4fbd2bea9f
# Parent eb1e8b907a9dc79b638f302e687b391ea795b336
'make install' now takes care of most manual installation steps for *_vid.o.
diff -r eb1e8b907a9d -r 2677b18556f9 DOCS/xml/en/video.xml
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/video.xml Sat Mar 17 18:25:15 2007 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/video.xml Sat Mar 17 19:48:53 2007 +0000
@@ -840,9 +840,10 @@
-->
- Then create /dev/mga_vid device:
- mknod /dev/mga_vid c 178 0
- and load the driver with
+ Then run (as root)
+ make install
+ which should install the module and create the device node for you.
+ Load the driver with
insmod mga_vid.o
@@ -858,13 +859,6 @@
following line at the end of /etc/modules.conf:
alias char-major-178 mga_vid
-
- Then copy the mga_vid.o module to the appropriate
- place under /lib/modules/kernel
- version/somewhere.
-
- Then run
- depmod -a
Now you have to (re)compile MPlayer,
@@ -932,9 +926,10 @@
make
- Then create the /dev/tdfx_vid device:
- mknod /dev/tdfx_vid c 178 0
- and load the driver with
+ Then run (as root)
+ make install
+ which should install the module and create the device node for you.
+ Load the driver with
insmod tdfx_vid.o
@@ -942,15 +937,14 @@
following line at the end of /etc/modules.conf:
alias char-major-178 tdfx_vid
-
- Then copy the tdfx_vid.o module to the appropriate
- place under /lib/modules/kernel
- version/somewhere
- and run
- depmod -a
+
+There is a test application called tdfx_vid_test in the same
+directory. It should print out some useful information if all is working well.
+
+