Hi, sorry for the nusable output! I found the time consuming funktion: bttv_init_card2(btv); This takes about 4 min. today. my new testcode: /* needs to be done before i2c is registered */ printk("linke 2:bttv_init_card1(btv);\n"); bttv_init_card1(btv); /* register i2c + gpio */ printk("line 3: init_bttv_i2c(btv);\n"); init_bttv_i2c(btv); /* some card-specific stuff (needs working i2c) */ printk("line4: some card-specific stuff needs working i2c \n"); bttv_init_card2(btv); printk("irq init\n"); init_irqreg(btv); dmesg output: [ 2282.430209] bttv: driver version 0.9.18 loaded [ 2282.430216] bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture [ 2282.430313] bttv: Bt8xx card found (0). [ 2282.430334] bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:00:0b.0, irq: 19, latency: 32, mmio : 0xf7800000 [ 2282.430777] bttv0: using: Leadtek WinFast 2000/ WinFast 2000 XP [card=34,insm od option] [ 2282.430839] bttv_gpio_tracking(bt [ 2282.430843] bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=003ff502 [init] [ 2282.430845] linke 2:bttv_init_card1(btv); [ 2282.430859] line 3: init_bttv_i2c(btv); [ 2282.430917] line4: some card-specific stuff needs working i2c [ 2282.430922] bttv0: tuner type=24 Ok here is the 4 min dely and after that the following linkes were printed out: [ 2416.836017] bttv0: audio absent, no audio device found! [ 2416.836024] irq init [ 2416.840551] bttv0: registered device video1 [ 2416.840684] bttv0: registered device vbi0 [ 2416.840716] bttv0: registered device radio0 [ 2416.840736] bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .<6>bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 3546 8950 . ok [ 2416.856221] input: bttv IR (card=34) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0b.0/inpu t/input10 [ 2416.864069] ok Hope that helps! Regards Halim -- Halim Sahin E-Mail: halim.sahin (at) t-online.de -- 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