Re: [PULL] http://linuxtv.org/hg/~dougsland/v4l-dvb

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Hello Hermann.

On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:44:30 +0100
hermann pitton <hermann-pitton@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Am Mittwoch, den 11.03.2009, 14:44 -0300 schrieb Douglas Schilling
> Landgraf:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:45:36 +0100
> > hermann pitton <hermann-pitton@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi!
> > > 
> > > Am Samstag, den 07.03.2009, 19:19 -0500 schrieb Andy Walls:
> > > > On Sat, 2009-03-07 at 19:06 -0500, Andy Walls wrote:
> > > > > On Sat, 2009-03-07 at 18:26 -0500, Devin Heitmueller wrote:
> > > > > > On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Douglas Schilling Landgraf
> > > > > > <dougsland@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi Mauro,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >    Please pull from:
> > > > > > > http://linuxtv.org/hg/~dougsland/v4l-dvb for the
> > > > > > > following:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >    - v4l2-apps/util: Add rewrite_eeprom tool
> > > > > > >                            Modules this script is known to
> > > > > > > work with: em28xx and saa7134
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > Douglas
> > > > > > > --
> > 
> > Added to the same tree new version of script:
> > 
> >   - A few improvements to initial version of script
> >   - Added validations to avoid issues to users
> >   - Added a huge red warning message
> > 
> > IMO, the current version will cover those suggestions. If not,
> > please let me know. 
> > 
> > Thanks everyone,
> > Douglas
> 
> seems to be safe to me on the saa7134 driver, but those pointing to
> further risks are welcome.
> 
Good to know!

> The dual saa7134 PCI bridge devices in need of a correct eeprom are
> out of the game in the original dual/triple slots, even first and
> second bridge might be swapped compared to the m$ driver and so on.
> 
> Those tools are around anyway, I remember the case of a manipulated
> eeprom we alredy had. (with one of Dmitry's devices, IIRC)
> 
> On some mobo's with lots of saa713X devices the eeprom readout can be
> flaky sometimes. If it is only a single device likely the PSU is
> becoming faulty, just to remember to check against that too.
> 
> If there is a known list of critical eeprom types and about cases we
> disabled the write protection, this would be good to know as well.
> 

Agreed. Thanks for your comments!

Cheers,
Douglas
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