Why are DVB modules missing from kernels newer than FC2 GA?

[Alan Cox]

On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 10:26:41AM +0200, Tony Grant wrote:
> I am watching the BBC (even in Welsh if I wanted to...) with DVB 1.1.1
> drivers. What are the issues? 

How about "it got left out in error and nobody spotted it while it was
sitting in the testing tree". Sorry to ruin the conspiracy theorists 8)

> This issue has me staying well away from FC2. Hoping that FC3 will have
> Firewire and DVB support...

FC2 has firewire from the errata point where they actually work in 2.6 onwards.
Arjan has added/fixed/turned on a few things as they actually work.