[ATrpms-users] IVTV driver still troublesome

[Marcel Janssen]

On Wednesday 31 May 2006 23:11, Marcel Janssen wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 May 2006 20:31, Marcel Janssen wrote:
> > On Tuesday 30 May 2006 04:09, Axel Thimm wrote:
> > > A new firmware will be uploaded later (tomorrow), maybe that fixes
> > > your issue.
> >
> > I'll try that and report back if it solves anything.
>
> I tried to upgrade today but somehow it can't find this new firmware :
>
> firmware_loading_store: unexpected value (0)
> ivtv0: unable to open firmware v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw
> ivtv0: did you put the firmware in the hotplug firmware directory?
> ivtv0 warning: failed loading encoder firmware
> ivtv0 warning: Error loading firmware -3!
>
> I can find this firmware file in /lib/firmware/
> and a link in /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware : v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw
> -> /lib/firmware/v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw
>
> no idea why it can't find it yet.

Hmmm, some crazy stuff here :

At first run (the above), the encoder firmware didn't load.
Than I reloaded the ivtv module and the encoder firmware loaded, but the 
decoder didn't load.
Than I reloaded the ivtv driver again and both the enc&dec firmware where 
loaded but v4l-cx2341x-init.mpg didn't load.
One more reload of the driver and all firmware did load.

I rebooted, just to see if this is normal behaviour.
On reboot again the enc firmware wasn't load. I tried to reload the ivtv 
driver and got a complete system lockup and needed a hard reboot (no remote 
login possible).

Well, I hope the old firmware is still available.
I still hope that one day it will get stable like the old 0.3 IVTV driver, but 
almost given up on that thought.

Regards,
Marcel