[elrepo] Announcement: EL5: Updated kmod-video4linux packages now available

[Dag Wieers]

On Sun, 15 Aug 2010, Phil Perry wrote:

> On 15/08/10 08:04, Nigel Jewell wrote:
>
>> I've just tried updating to
>> kmod-video4linux-0.0-7.20100410.2.el5.elrepo.i686.rpm on CentOS 5.5 with
>> kernel 2.6.18-194.11.1.el5 for use with cx88_dvb, cx8800, cx8802 and
>> cx88xx modules (Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T PCI).  During installation it
>> printed out a number of messages regarding missing ir_... symbols for
>> each installed kernel.  Such as:

-snip-

> Unfortunately missing symbols are not uncommon in the video4linux
> package. It is by no means an ideal solution, but rather an attempt at a
> one size fits all solution where if it works for you, great.

If I remember correctly, the missing symbols are printed by the 
weak-modules script because it does not take into account symbols provided 
by the package itself. So while it looks to be a serious problem and may 
be thought of the cause of some ill experience, it is most likely 
harmless.

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