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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
