On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 10:56 +0100, Chicken Shack wrote: > Hi, > > here is a link to a patch which breaks backwards compatibility for a > teletext software called alevt-dvb. > > http://www.mail-archive.com/linuxtv-commits@xxxxxxxxxxx/msg04638.html > > The kernel patch was introduced with kernel 2.6.32-rc1. > It was Signed-off-by Brandon Philips, Mauro Carvalho Chehab and its > author, Andreas Oberritter. > > Previous help calls, not only on this list, have been ignored for > reasons that I do not know. > Even distro maintainers have given up and removed the DVB implementation > of alevt from their distro list. > > Is that really what things are up to? > To pull through an API update by kernel patch, but simply dive off with > the usual "Sorry, but I don't have no time" when objections or problems > arise? I have close to 0 time for this (I'm a volunteer who doesn't get paid for linux work *at all*), but I will look into the problem for you. > What the hell is going on in those peoples' minds? > > It seems to me that the following disclaimer is worth nothing: > > "If anyone has any objections, please let us know by sending a message > to: Linux Media Mailing List <linux-me...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>" > > Volunteers welcome! Who please consacres some time and DVB competence to > give the appropriate hints please? > > Regards > > CS > > P. S.: This is how the kernel crash looks like: The information below can get me started. Could you please provide whole Ooops from the output dmesg or from your /var/log/messages file? I'll try to look at this tonight. Regards, Andy > brian:~# alevt > alevt: SDT: service_id 0xcf24 not in PAT > > sid:pmtpid:ttpid:type:provider:name:language:texttype:magazine:page > > 28006:100:130:1:ZDFvision:ZDF:lang=deu:type=1:magazine=1:page= 0 > 28011:600:630:1:ZDFvision:ZDFinfokanal:lang=deu:type=1:magazine=1:page= > 0 > 28014:650:630:1:ZDFvision:zdf_neo:lang=deu:type=1:magazine=1:page= 0 > 28016:1100:630:1:ZDFvision:ZDFtheaterkanal:lang=deu:type=1:magazine=1:page= 0 > 28007:200:230:1:ZDFvision:3sat:lang=deu:type=1:magazine=1:page= 0 > 28008:300:330:1:ZDFvision:KiKa:lang=deu:type=1:magazine=1:page= 0 > 28017:411:8191:2:ZDFvision:DRadio Wissen:lang=:type=0:magazine=0:page= > 0 > 28012:700:8191:2:ZDFvision:DKULTUR:lang=:type=0:magazine=0:page= 0 > 28013:800:8191:2:ZDFvision:DLF:lang=:type=0:magazine=0:page= 0 > > Using: Service ID = 28006 ; PMT PID = 100 ; TXT PID = 130 ; > Service type = 1 ; Provider Name = ZDFvision ; Service name = ZDF ; > language = deu ; Text type = 1 ; Text Magazine = 1 ; Text page = 0 > alevt: ioctl: DMX_SET_PES_FILTER Invalid argument (22) > Getötet > brian:~# > Message from syslogd@brian at Jan 31 19:52:33 ... > kernel:[ 116.563487] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP > > Message from syslogd@brian at Jan 31 19:52:33 ... > kernel:[ 116.563492] last sysfs > file: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-0:1.0/uevent > > Message from syslogd@brian at Jan 31 19:52:33 ... > kernel:[ 116.563589] Process alevt (pid: 1780, ti=e7934000 > task=e7915be0 task.ti=e7934000) > > Message from syslogd@brian at Jan 31 19:52:33 ... > kernel:[ 116.563592] Stack: > > Message from syslogd@brian at Jan 31 19:52:33 ... > kernel:[ 116.563622] Call Trace: > > Message from syslogd@brian at Jan 31 19:52:33 ... > kernel:[ 116.563650] Code: f2 da 4c c8 8d 56 78 89 54 24 04 89 d0 e8 > e4 da 4c c8 89 f0 e8 31 ff ff ff 83 7e 4c 01 76 73 83 7e 48 02 75 49 8b > 46 04 8d 48 f8 <8b> 41 08 8d 58 f8 8d 7e 04 eb 28 8b 41 08 8b 51 0c 89 > 50 04 89 > > Message from syslogd@brian at Jan 31 19:52:33 ... > kernel:[ 116.563697] EIP: [<f8cec1b2>] dvb_demux_release+0x43/0x183 > [dvb_core] SS:ESP 0068:e7935f58 > > Message from syslogd@brian at Jan 31 19:52:33 ... > kernel:[ 116.563706] CR2: 0000000000000000 > > PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE THIS MAIL! > > > -- > 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 > -- 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
