On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, Robert Hardy wrote:
> # cat ivtv-0.6.0-delay_request_firmware.patch
> diff -urNbBp ivtv-0.6.0/driver/ivtv-firmware.c~
> ivtv-0.6.0/driver/ivtv-firmware.c
> --- ivtv-0.6.0/driver/ivtv-firmware.c~ 2006-04-14 16:19:21.000000000 -0400
> +++ ivtv-0.6.0/driver/ivtv-firmware.c 2006-04-14 16:19:21.000000000 -0400
> @@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ static int load_fw_direct(const char *fn
> }
> release_firmware(fw);
> IVTV_INFO("loaded %s firmware (%d bytes)\n", fn, retval);
> +// This firmware loading is racy, try waiting to let things settle
> + IVTV_DEBUG_INFO("Sleeping for 100ms\n");
> + ivtv_sleep_timeout(HZ / 10, 0);
> } else {
> IVTV_INFO("unable to open firmware %s\n", fn);
> IVTV_INFO("did you put the firmware in the hotplug firmware
> directory?\n");
>
> This patch solved my firmware loading problems and I've had no problems with
> the whole 0.6.x series.
>
> I just tried 2.6.17-rh1 with the latest ivtv 0.7 SVN (without my patch
> applied) and it locked my PVR solid trying to load the 2nd firmware file
> just as it used to. I applied the patch above, rebooted and everything
> has loaded fine and is working.
Is no one else seeing this problem?
I just upgraded to 0.7.0. The problem still occurred with unpatched 0.7.0;
applying my patch to 0.7.0 still fixed the problem. Can some one commit this
please (or suggest an alternative fix)?
Jul 4 12:33:24 vortex kernel: ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw firmware
(262144 bytes)
Jul 4 12:33:24 vortex firmware_helper[7415]: Loading of
/lib/firmware/v4l-cx2341x-dec.fw for ivtv driver failed: No such file or
directory <- the file is there and md5sums match.
Jul 4 12:39:53 vortex syslogd 1.4.1: restart. <- Manual reset after hard lockup
Regards,
Rob
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