hi dave it's crazy: as i tried it just right now i get the same log entries: see below. this is the complete log: here i test dvb tuning problems with the old kernel (firmware 217g): Aug 26 01:41:56 obelix kernel: Linux version 2.6.16-1.2133_FC5 (brewbuilder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) (gcc version 4.1.1 20060525 (Red Hat 4.1.1-1)) #1 Tue Jun 6 00:52:14 EDT 2006 ... Aug 26 01:42:01 obelix kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00 Aug 26 01:42:01 obelix kernel: saa7146: register extension 'budget_av'. Aug 26 01:42:01 obelix kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0e.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 Aug 26 01:42:01 obelix kernel: saa7146: found saa7146 @ mem e0918000 (revision 1, irq 18) (0x153b,0x1157). Aug 26 01:42:01 obelix kernel: DVB: registering new adapter (Terratec Cinergy 1200 DVB-T). Aug 26 01:42:01 obelix kernel: adapter failed MAC signature check Aug 26 01:42:01 obelix kernel: encoded MAC from EEPROM was ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Aug 26 01:42:01 obelix kernel: nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. Aug 26 01:42:01 obelix kernel: budget-av: ci interface initialised. Aug 26 01:42:01 obelix kernel: KNC1-0: MAC addr = 00:0a:ac:01:e9:72 Aug 26 01:42:01 obelix kernel: DVB: registering frontend 0 (Philips TDA10046H DVB-T)... .... trying to tune to stations(with no luck): Aug 26 02:07:31 obelix kernel: tda1004x: setting up plls for 53MHz sampling clock Aug 26 02:07:31 obelix kernel: tda1004x: found firmware revision 20 -- ok Aug 26 02:10:12 obelix kernel: tda1004x: setting up plls for 53MHz sampling clock Aug 26 02:10:12 obelix kernel: tda1004x: found firmware revision 20 -- ok Aug 26 02:10:41 obelix kernel: tda1004x: setting up plls for 53MHz sampling clock .... Aug 26 02:19:22 obelix kernel: tda1004x: found firmware revision 20 -- ok Aug 26 02:21:50 obelix kernel: tda1004x: setting up plls for 53MHz sampling clock Aug 26 02:21:51 obelix kernel: tda1004x: found firmware revision 20 -- ok Aug 26 02:22:36 obelix kernel: tda1004x: setting up plls for 53MHz sampling clock Aug 26 02:22:36 obelix kernel: tda1004x: found firmware revision 20 -- ok ... hence i tried the new firmware (219g) (i definitivly know the time, cause i saved the firmware in a another directory also. [--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ls -l: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24478 Aug 26 02:53 219g-dvb-fe-tda10046.fw the trailing 219g- is only to distinguish it from 217g- (same sized files) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------] Aug 26 03:01:40 obelix kernel: saa7146: unregister extension 'budget_av'. Aug 26 03:01:45 obelix kernel: saa7146: register extension 'budget_av'. Aug 26 03:01:45 obelix kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0e.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 Aug 26 03:01:45 obelix kernel: saa7146: found saa7146 @ mem e08fa000 (revision 1, irq 18) (0x153b,0x1157). Aug 26 03:01:45 obelix kernel: DVB: registering new adapter (Terratec Cinergy 1200 DVB-T). Aug 26 03:01:45 obelix kernel: adapter failed MAC signature check Aug 26 03:01:45 obelix kernel: encoded MAC from EEPROM was ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Aug 26 03:01:45 obelix kernel: budget-av: ci interface initialised. Aug 26 03:01:45 obelix kernel: KNC1-0: MAC addr = 00:0a:ac:01:e9:72 Aug 26 03:01:45 obelix kernel: DVB: registering frontend 0 (Philips TDA10046H DVB-T) ... and tuning: Aug 26 03:05:28 obelix kernel: tda1004x: setting up plls for 53MHz sampling clock Aug 26 03:05:28 obelix kernel: tda1004x: found firmware revision 20 -- ok Aug 26 03:05:34 obelix kernel: tda1004x: setting up plls for 53MHz sampling clock Aug 26 03:05:34 obelix kernel: tda1004x: found firmware revision 20 -- ok Aug 26 03:26:12 obelix kernel: tda1004x: setting up plls for 53MHz sampling clock Aug 26 03:26:13 obelix kernel: tda1004x: found firmware revision 20 -- ok Aug 26 03:29:08 obelix kernel: tda1004x: setting up plls for 53MHz sampling clock .... Aug 26 03:40:33 obelix kernel: tda1004x: setting up plls for 53MHz sampling clock Aug 26 03:40:33 obelix kernel: tda1004x: found firmware revision 20 -- ok Aug 26 03:44:59 obelix kernel: tda1004x: setting up plls for 53MHz sampling clock Aug 26 03:44:59 obelix kernel: tda1004x: found firmware revision 20 -- ok Aug 26 03:47:12 obelix kernel: tda1004x: setting up plls for 53MHz sampling clock Aug 26 03:47:12 obelix kernel: tda1004x: found firmware revision 20 -- ok Aug 26 03:48:10 obelix kernel: tda1004x: setting up plls for 53MHz sampling clock Aug 26 03:48:10 obelix kernel: tda1004x: found firmware revision 20 -- ok next my tests with kernel 2.6.17: Aug 26 03:49:49 obelix kernel: Linux version 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5 (brewbuilder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) (gcc version 4.1.1 20060525 (Red Hat 4.1.1-1)) #1 Tue Aug 8 15:30:55 EDT 2006 ... Aug 26 03:49:54 obelix kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0e.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 201 Aug 26 03:49:54 obelix kernel: saa7146: found saa7146 @ mem e0984000 (revision 1, irq 201) (0x153b,0x1157). Aug 26 03:49:54 obelix kernel: saa7146 (0): dma buffer size 192512 Aug 26 03:49:54 obelix kernel: DVB: registering new adapter (Terratec Cinergy 1200 DVB-T). Aug 26 03:49:54 obelix kernel: adapter failed MAC signature check Aug 26 03:49:54 obelix kernel: encoded MAC from EEPROM was ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Aug 26 03:49:54 obelix kernel: KNC1-0: MAC addr = 00:0a:ac:01:e9:72 Aug 26 03:49:54 obelix kernel: DVB: registering frontend 0 (Philips TDA10046H DVB-T)... Aug 26 03:49:54 obelix kernel: budget-av: ci interface initialised. ... tuning tests: Aug 26 03:50:51 obelix kernel: tda1004x: setting up plls for 53MHz sampling clock Aug 26 03:50:51 obelix kernel: tda1004x: found firmware revision 20 -- ok Aug 26 03:53:09 obelix kernel: tda1004x: setting up plls for 53MHz sampling clock Aug 26 03:53:09 obelix kernel: tda1004x: found firmware revision 20 -- ok Aug 26 03:54:24 obelix kernel: tda1004x: setting up plls for 53MHz sampling clock Aug 26 03:54:25 obelix kernel: tda1004x: found firmware revision 20 -- ok Aug 26 03:54:40 obelix kernel: tda1004x: setting up plls for 53MHz sampling clock Aug 26 03:54:40 obelix kernel: tda1004x: found firmware revision 20 -- ok ... Aug 26 03:55:58 obelix kernel: tda1004x: setting up plls for 53MHz sampling clock Aug 26 03:55:58 obelix kernel: tda1004x: found firmware revision 20 -- ok Aug 26 03:57:00 obelix kernel: tda1004x: setting up plls for 53MHz sampling clock Aug 26 03:57:00 obelix kernel: tda1004x: found firmware revision 20 -- ok .... everything okay and i wrote my mail sended to the list at 4:54 AM with my results/questitions this is from right now (1. bootloader entry was still 2.6.16) Aug 26 16:52:20 obelix kernel: Linux version 2.6.16-1.2133_FC5 (brewbuilder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) (gcc version 4.1.1 20060525 (Red Hat 4.1.1-1)) #1 Tue Jun 6 00:52:14 EDT 2006 ... Aug 26 16:52:25 obelix kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00 Aug 26 16:52:25 obelix kernel: saa7146: register extension 'budget_av'. Aug 26 16:52:25 obelix kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0e.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 Aug 26 16:52:25 obelix kernel: saa7146: found saa7146 @ mem e08fa000 (revision 1, irq 17) (0x153b,0x1157). Aug 26 16:52:25 obelix kernel: DVB: registering new adapter (Terratec Cinergy 1200 DVB-T). Aug 26 16:52:25 obelix kernel: adapter failed MAC signature check Aug 26 16:52:25 obelix kernel: encoded MAC from EEPROM was ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Aug 26 16:52:25 obelix kernel: Loaded prism54 driver, version 1.2 Aug 26 16:52:25 obelix kernel: nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. Aug 26 16:52:25 obelix kernel: budget-av: ci interface initialised. Aug 26 16:52:25 obelix kernel: KNC1-0: MAC addr = 00:0a:ac:01:e9:72 Aug 26 16:52:25 obelix kernel: DVB: registering frontend 0 (Philips TDA10046H DVB-T)... ... tuning to station (still with the new firmware) Aug 26 16:53:25 obelix kernel: tda1004x: setting up plls for 53MHz sampling clock Aug 26 16:53:27 obelix kernel: tda1004x: timeout waiting for DSP ready Aug 26 16:53:27 obelix kernel: tda1004x: found firmware revision 0 -- invalid Aug 26 16:53:27 obelix kernel: tda1004x: waiting for firmware upload... Aug 26 16:53:30 obelix kernel: tda1004x: timeout waiting for DSP ready Aug 26 16:53:30 obelix kernel: tda1004x: found firmware revision 0 -- invalid Aug 26 16:53:30 obelix kernel: tda1004x: firmware upload failed Aug 26 16:53:42 obelix kernel: tda1004x: setting up plls for 53MHz sampling clock Aug 26 16:53:44 obelix kernel: tda1004x: timeout waiting for DSP ready Aug 26 16:53:44 obelix kernel: tda1004x: found firmware revision 0 -- invalid Aug 26 16:53:44 obelix kernel: tda1004x: waiting for firmware upload... Aug 26 16:53:47 obelix kernel: tda1004x: timeout waiting for DSP ready Aug 26 16:53:47 obelix kernel: tda1004x: found firmware revision 0 -- invalid Aug 26 16:53:47 obelix kernel: tda1004x: firmware upload failed Aug 26 16:54:23 obelix kernel: tda1004x: setting up plls for 53MHz sampling clock Aug 26 16:54:25 obelix kernel: tda1004x: timeout waiting for DSP ready Aug 26 16:54:25 obelix kernel: tda1004x: found firmware revision 0 -- invalid Aug 26 16:54:25 obelix kernel: tda1004x: waiting for firmware upload... Aug 26 16:54:29 obelix kernel: tda1004x: timeout waiting for DSP ready Aug 26 16:54:29 obelix kernel: tda1004x: found firmware revision 0 -- invalid Aug 26 16:54:29 obelix kernel: tda1004x: firmware upload failed and same shit with 2.6.17: Aug 26 16:55:55 obelix kernel: Linux version 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5 (brewbuilder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) (gcc version 4.1.1 20060525 (Red Hat 4.1.1-1)) #1 Tue Aug 8 15:30:55 EDT 2006 ... Aug 26 16:56:00 obelix kernel: DVB: registering frontend 0 (Philips TDA10046H DVB-T)... ... Aug 26 16:56:00 obelix kernel: budget-av: ci interface initialised. ... Aug 26 16:56:57 obelix kernel: tda1004x: setting up plls for 53MHz sampling clock Aug 26 16:57:00 obelix kernel: tda1004x: timeout waiting for DSP ready Aug 26 16:57:00 obelix kernel: tda1004x: found firmware revision 0 -- invalid Aug 26 16:57:00 obelix kernel: tda1004x: waiting for firmware upload... Aug 26 16:57:03 obelix kernel: tda1004x: timeout waiting for DSP ready Aug 26 16:57:03 obelix kernel: tda1004x: found firmware revision 0 -- invalid Aug 26 16:57:03 obelix kernel: tda1004x: firmware upload failed .... ???????????????????? now i'm a little bit confused. any BIG IDEA's ? or should i get a date with my therapist ? ronald _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb