Hartmut Hackmann ha scritto: > Hi, Francesco > > Francesco schrieb: >>> Looks like there currently are many people having problems. Allow >>> me to give some background info: >>> >>> Something that is not in the datasheet: The tda10046 >>> automatically tries to load the firmware from an eeprom at the >>> second I2C port. This does *not* need to be triggered by the >>> driver. The timeout seems to be very long. In the past, this >>> happened: If the driver tries to access the tuner while the >>> download is not finished, there is a collision on the I2C bus. >>> This can corrupt both, the firmware and the tuner initialization. >>> In the case of the tda8275a, the result can be that it turns off >>> its 16MHz reference output which is used for the tda10046 as >>> well. This blocks the i2c bus and the only way to recover is a >>> complete power cycle. This is why i made the driver try to get >>> the firmware as soon as possible. Otherwise it is not possible to >>> access the tuner - at least on some boards. >>> >>> Few days ago, a user reported that the firmware download seems to >>> be retriggered in some cases. This might occur if something >>> opens the dvb device while the download is not finished. If it is >>> the case, we need to lock the download. Another dangerous thing >>> is the address mapping of the firmware eeprom: it is controlled >>> by a GPIO pin. If this pin changes while the download is running, >>> we are lost. >>> >>> Best regards Hartmut >> >> I've found a little workaround (not a solution, but...) for this >> problem for my Asus7131H... >> >> Simply adding "saa7134-dvb" to /etc/modules, make a successful >> firmware loading on boot. (My system is an Ubuntu 7.10) >> >> > Could you post the relevant sections of the kernel log for both > cases, successful and unsuccessful firmware load? Please extract the > entire board initialization. Also: do you run a client / server > based application (with early start of the server)? > > Hartmut > > These are extract of boot log for "saa" and "tda" text... later I'll send all system logs in both cases. Relevant row for "tda" part seems is: "[ 54.297295] tda1004x: setting up plls for 48MHz sampling clock" the second one, wich prevent on my opinion, to load firmware correctly. tda / before: [ 35.412245] tda829x 0-004b: setting tuner address to 61 [ 35.492199] tda829x 0-004b: type set to tda8290+75a [ 39.621806] tda1004x: setting up plls for 48MHz sampling clock [ 41.912490] tda1004x: found firmware revision 0 -- invalid [ 41.912495] tda1004x: trying to boot from eeprom [ 44.283116] tda1004x: found firmware revision 0 -- invalid [ 44.283122] tda1004x: waiting for firmware upload... [ 54.297295] tda1004x: setting up plls for 48MHz sampling clock [ 56.583964] tda1004x: found firmware revision 0 -- invalid [ 56.583968] tda1004x: trying to boot from eeprom [ 58.950592] tda1004x: found firmware revision 0 -- invalid [ 58.950597] tda1004x: waiting for firmware upload... [ 71.443661] tda1004x: found firmware revision 0 -- invalid [ 71.443665] tda1004x: firmware upload failed [ 73.543492] tda1004x: found firmware revision 80 -- invalid [ 73.543496] tda1004x: firmware upload failed tda / after: [ 35.101428] tda829x 0-004b: setting tuner address to 61 [ 35.185381] tda829x 0-004b: type set to tda8290+75a [ 39.295055] tda1004x: setting up plls for 48MHz sampling clock [ 41.581753] tda1004x: found firmware revision 0 -- invalid [ 41.581756] tda1004x: trying to boot from eeprom [ 43.948412] tda1004x: found firmware revision 0 -- invalid [ 43.948415] tda1004x: waiting for firmware upload... [ 56.405359] tda1004x: found firmware revision 20 -- ok [ 71.360886] tda1004x: setting up plls for 48MHz sampling clock [ 71.664713] tda1004x: found firmware revision 20 -- ok saa / before: [ 34.948753] saa7130/34: v4l2 driver version 0.2.14 loaded [ 34.973691] saa7133[0]: found at 0000:04:01.0, rev: 209, irq: 17, latency: 64, mmio: 0xcfdef800 [ 34.973701] saa7133[0]: subsystem: 1043:4876, board: ASUSTeK P7131 Hybrid [card=112,autodetected] [ 34.973707] saa7133[0]: board init: gpio is 0 [ 34.973808] input: saa7134 IR (ASUSTeK P7131 Hybri as /class/input/input5 [ 35.124417] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 00: 43 10 76 48 54 20 1c 00 43 43 a9 1c 55 d2 b2 92 [ 35.124426] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 10: ff ff ff 0f ff 20 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 35.124433] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 20: 01 40 01 02 03 01 01 03 08 ff 00 d5 ff ff ff ff [ 35.124440] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 30: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 35.124448] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 40: ff 21 00 c2 96 10 03 32 55 50 ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 35.124455] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 50: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 35.124462] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 60: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 35.124469] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 70: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 35.124476] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 80: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 35.124483] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 90: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 35.124490] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom a0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 35.124498] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom b0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 35.124505] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom c0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 35.124512] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom d0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 35.124519] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom e0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 35.124526] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom f0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 35.324335] tuner' 0-004b: chip found @ 0x96 (saa7133[0]) [ 39.346316] saa7133[0]: registered device video0 [v4l2] [ 39.346442] saa7133[0]: registered device vbi0 [ 39.346568] saa7133[0]: registered device radio0 [ 39.424512] saa7134 ALSA driver for DMA sound loaded [ 39.425969] saa7133[0]/alsa: saa7133[0] at 0xcfdef800 irq 17 registered as card -2 [ 39.549898] DVB: registering new adapter (saa7133[0]) saa / after: [ 34.525512] saa7130/34: v4l2 driver version 0.2.14 loaded [ 34.734591] saa7133[0]: found at 0000:04:01.0, rev: 209, irq: 17, latency: 64, mmio: 0xcfdef800 [ 34.734598] saa7133[0]: subsystem: 1043:4876, board: ASUSTeK P7131 Hybrid [card=112,autodetected] [ 34.734608] saa7133[0]: board init: gpio is 0 [ 34.734694] input: saa7134 IR (ASUSTeK P7131 Hybri as /class/input/input5 [ 34.885561] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 00: 43 10 76 48 54 20 1c 00 43 43 a9 1c 55 d2 b2 92 [ 34.885575] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 10: ff ff ff 0f ff 20 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 34.885587] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 20: 01 40 01 02 03 01 01 03 08 ff 00 d5 ff ff ff ff [ 34.885599] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 30: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 34.885611] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 40: ff 21 00 c2 96 10 03 32 55 50 ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 34.885622] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 50: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 34.885634] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 60: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 34.885646] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 70: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 34.885658] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 80: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 34.885669] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom 90: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 34.885681] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom a0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 34.885693] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom b0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 34.885706] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom c0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 34.885713] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom d0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 34.885720] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom e0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 34.885727] saa7133[0]: i2c eeprom f0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff [ 35.013516] tuner' 0-004b: chip found @ 0x96 (saa7133[0]) [ 39.043450] saa7133[0]: registered device video0 [v4l2] [ 39.043466] saa7133[0]: registered device vbi0 [ 39.043482] saa7133[0]: registered device radio0 [ 39.043525] saa7133[0]: dsp access error [ 39.043526] saa7133[0]: dsp access error [ 39.117617] saa7134 ALSA driver for DMA sound loaded [ 39.117641] saa7133[0]/alsa: saa7133[0] at 0xcfdef800 irq 17 registered as card -2 [ 39.215137] DVB: registering new adapter (saa7133[0]) Francesco Ferrario - Chimera project - - www.chimeratv.it - _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
