Re: Linux 2.6.15-rc2

[Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net>]

On Wednesday 23 November 2005 14:54, Michael Krufky wrote:
>Gene Heskett wrote:
>>On Wednesday 23 November 2005 14:17, Michael Krufky wrote:
>>
>>[...]
>>
>>>f it fixes Gene's problem (a quick glance at his emails suggests that
>>>it does) then:
>>
>>Read further Michael, it still takes a _cold_ reboot to 2.6.14.2 to
>> fix it.
>
>I'm sorry -- I should have been clearer... It fixes the following error
>message, correct?
>
>Gene Heskett wrote:
>> WARNING:/lib/modules/2.6.15-rc2/kernel/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-
>>dvb .ko needs unknown symbol nxt200x_attach.
>
>About the cold reboot needed for 2.6.14.2, well, that is completely
>unrelated...
>
>First, does the patch fix the unknown symbol error?  If so, then the
>patch is correct.

Yes, it fixes that just fine.
>
>Moving on........
>
>Kirk Lapray wrote both OR51132 and NXT200X frontend modules (cc added)
> ...
>
>First off, Gene, I am still under the impression that both v4l and dvb
>subsystems are broken under 2.6.15 due to the memory bugs... I don't
>know if Hugh Dickins fixed those yet or not.

Neither do I.  But as a tv engineer with 50+ years of experience, the
general appearance is if the antenna cable has been disconnected and
held about 2" away from the f-59 connector when a hot reboot is done. 
The audio in both cases sounds like its a station 300 miles away when
the atmospherics are behaving themselves.
>
>Please try to build merged v4l+dvb cvs trees against your 2.6.14.2
>kernel, and tell me if you are having the same problems.  If you are
>indeed having the same problem, then it confirms that something in the
>nxt200x module is causing problems in the OR51132 module.

And how & where do I obtain that?

>Kirk, are you able to use both modules together using both pcHDTV and
>ATI HDTV Wonder PCI cx88 boards simultaneously without causing any
>conflicts?
>
>Once again, Gene, please follow the tree-merge instructions located at:
>
>http://linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/How_to_build_from_CVS

I'll give this a shot and advise on the results.

>Please let me know if the problem persists.  If the problem is gone,
>then nxt200x is a red herring.
>
>Regards,
>
>Michael Krufky

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