On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 00:16 +0200, Oliver Endriss wrote: [...] > > i'm experiencing a similar problem. using 2.6.19.1 with latest hg dvb > > driver (knc-1 dvb-s) everything works. though, from at least 2.6.19.7 > > on, with the same kernel config and same hardware (same dvb drivers), i > > get those i2c timeouts and, when doing 'modprobe budget-av', not all > > cards get deteced. > > > > kernel: KNC1-5: Could not read MAC from KNC1 card > > kernel: saa7146_i2c_writeout: timed out waiting for end of xfer > > last message repeated 7 times > > budget-av: A frontend driver was not found for device 1131/7146 subsystem 1894/0016 > > > > since i'm using the same dvb driver, that problem seems to be triggered > > somewhere else. > > Could you please try the attached patch (saa7146_i2c_retry.diff)? > > If it does not help, please try the second patch > (budget-av_slowi2c.diff). > > Any improvements? hi oliver, actually, both patches help. no more timeouts, and the frontend drivers get loaded correctly (tried each patch separately). tried with latest hg & 2.6.22. though, what's weird: now i also discover those "Disabling IRQ #xx, nobody cared" messages, which some people experienced as well. well, it's no dvb issue. i tried many combinations of kernel parameters with/without acpi/apic, ... disabled almost everything in BIOS, etc. :-/ but the last working version for me is still 2.6.19.1. pm _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
