[pvrusb2] fwextract

[isely at isely.net]

Hmm, I didn't think that would be confusing.  The overall concept here 
(as you obviously realize) is just to get those driver files in a spot 
where fwextract.pl can get a look at them.  Whether copied to a local 
directory or directly mounted from the CD doesn't matter.  And yeah, you 
certainly don't need to futz with a live Windows system to do any of 
that.

  -Mike


On Mon, 22 Apr 2019, Jan Ceuleers wrote:

> Dear list,
> 
> As mentioned in the earlier thread (subject Noise) I used fwextract.pl
> to extract firmware from a Hauppauge CD.
> 
> I would just like to add that this is precisely what I did: I extracted
> it straight from the CD. I am saying that because fwextract includes the
> following comments:
> 
> 
> # To extract firmware, just run the script, ensuring that the Windows
> # driver files have been expanded into a "win_driver" subdirectory.
> # (Alternatively, just name the relevant directory on the command.)
> # The script will locate the firmware and extract it into which will
> # be ready to use for upload into the hardware.  This script uses a
> # table to recognize firmware files; it is able to seek and recognize
> # multiple driver versions (depending on what's in the table).
> 
> 
> The above suggests that the drivers first have to be installed on a
> Windows system such that they are expanded into a directory which can
> then be processed by fwextract. Not so - I mounted the CD on a Linux
> system, pointed fwextract at the CD's root directory and this enabled
> fwextract to find and extract the firmware just fine.
> 
> HTH, Jan
> 
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