Hello,

I'm not 100% certain this is caused by ivtv, but this list wins the friendliest/most knowledgeable contest, and the prize is my question.

I have an AMD64 machine running Debian sarge with 2.6.11.7, in 32 bit mode. It's sole purpose is to run mythbackend (.18). It has a single PVR-500MCE with ivtv 0.3.6e. I have a second PVR-500 I'd like to add, but am trying to resolve this problem first. One possible problem is my MB has a VIA chipset. It is an MSI K8T Neo2-F (I was looking for AMD64 with a good number of PCI).

The problem is it reboots spontaneously. There is nothing in the logs, I even had the kernel use ttyS0 as the console, and had another machine capture the output. Still nothing interesting. It seems to happen more frequently if the machine is busier. I haven't seen a reboot when it records a single program at a time, for weeks on end. But if I am viewing something prerecorded (over NFS) while it is recording, it is very likely I will get a reboot within 30 minutes. I don't remember any reboots when I just view prerecorded video while it is not recording.

This has occured with older versions of the ivtv driver, and although I am now using the firmware that came with the card, I've also had problems with 0x02040011. I am not using any module options.

My questions: Is there a better way to determine what is going wrong. Console to the serial port didn't capture the error, and the machine reboots so fast, if I sat and watched the monitor, and it did say something, I doubt I would be able to read it. I've also read posts on this list that there people have had problems with VIA chipsets. Does anyone know if these same problems happen with these chipsets under Windoze? If not, would it be that Windoze isn't as demanding of the chipset as linux is, or more likely the linux drivers have problems because VIA doesn't give OSS developers the datasheets they need?

I'm going to try 2.6.12 now and see if that makes a difference. I read something in the changelog about changing the way interrupts are handled with VIA. I couldn't tell it that was relevant to my situation, but it can't hurt to try. If anyone has suggestions on how to narrow this down, before I have to buy a new MB, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks,

-Michael


Jun 20 23:14:35 stern kernel: ivtv: ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
Jun 20 23:14:35 stern kernel: ivtv: version 0.3.6 (e) loading
Jun 20 23:14:35 stern kernel: ivtv: Linux version: 2.6.11.7 preempt K8 gcc-3.3 Jun 20 23:14:35 stern kernel: ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info Jun 20 23:14:35 stern kernel: ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when
Jun 20 23:14:35 stern kernel: ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist.
Jun 20 23:14:35 stern kernel: ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card
Jun 20 23:14:35 stern kernel: ivtv: Found an iTVC16 based chip
Jun 20 23:14:35 stern kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:08.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 Jun 20 23:14:35 stern kernel: ivtv: VIA PCI device: 0x0282 vendor: 0x1106 Jun 20 23:14:35 stern kernel: tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 23552, rev = D592, serial# = 2943000 Jun 20 23:14:35 stern kernel: tveeprom: tuner = Philips FQ1236A MK4 (idx = 92, type = 57) Jun 20 23:14:35 stern kernel: tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000) Jun 20 23:14:35 stern kernel: tveeprom: audio_processor = MSP3410D (type = 5)
Jun 20 23:14:35 stern kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=tveeprom[50],ok]
Jun 20 23:14:35 stern kernel: ivtv: Tuner Type 57, Tuner formats 0x00001000, Radio: yes, Model 0x00915652, Revision 0x00000000
Jun 20 23:14:35 stern kernel: ivtv: NTSC tuner detected
Jun 20 23:14:35 stern kernel: ivtv: Radio detected
Jun 20 23:14:35 stern kernel: tuner: Ignoring new-style parameters in presence of obsolete ones Jun 20 23:14:35 stern kernel: tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #0
Jun 20 23:14:35 stern kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=(tuner unset),ok]
Jun 20 23:14:36 stern kernel: cx25840: requesting firmware
Jun 20 23:14:40 stern kernel: cx25840: firmware loaded
Jun 20 23:14:40 stern kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=cx25840[50],ok]
Jun 20 23:14:40 stern kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=wm8775[50],ok]
Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: ivtv: Encoder Firmware may be buggy, use version 0x02040011 Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: ivtv: Configuring WinTV PVR 150 card with 5 streams Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 0 minor 0 Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: ivtv: Create DMA stream 0 using 512 4096 byte buffers 0 kbytes total Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 1 minor 32 Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: ivtv: Create DMA stream 1 using 97 43200 byte buffers 0 kbytes total Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 2 minor 224 Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: ivtv: Create DMA stream 2 using 480 4368 byte buffers 0 kbytes total Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 3 minor 24 Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: ivtv: Create DMA stream 3 using 455 4608 byte buffers 0 kbytes total Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 4 minor 64
Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: ivtv: Create stream 4
Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: ivtv: Setting Tuner 57
Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: tuner: type set to 57 (Philips FQ1236A MK4) by ivtv i2c driver #0
Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: ivtv: Switching standard to NTSC.
Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 150, card #0
Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: ivtv: Autodetected WinTV PVR 150 card
Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: ivtv: Found an iTVC16 based chip
Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:09.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: ivtv: VIA PCI device: 0x0282 vendor: 0x1106 Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: tveeprom: Hauppauge: model = 23552, rev = D592, serial# = 2943000 Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: tveeprom: tuner = Philips FQ1236A MK4 (idx = 92, type = 57) Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: tveeprom: tuner fmt = NTSC(M) (eeprom = 0x08, v4l2 = 0x00001000) Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: tveeprom: audio_processor = MSP3410D (type = 5)
Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=tveeprom[50],ok]
Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: tuner: chip found at addr 0xc2 i2c-bus ivtv i2c driver #1
Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=(tuner unset),ok]
Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: ivtv: ivtv_enc_thread: pid = 2564, itv = 0xf8af97a0 Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: ivtv: ivtv_enc_vbi_thread: pid = 2565, itv = 0xf8af97a0
Jun 20 23:14:42 stern kernel: cx25840: requesting firmware
Jun 20 23:14:46 stern kernel: cx25840: firmware loaded
Jun 20 23:14:46 stern kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=cx25840[50],ok]
Jun 20 23:14:46 stern kernel: ivtv: i2c attach [client=wm8775[50],ok]
Jun 20 23:14:46 stern kernel: ivtv: Tuner Type 57, Tuner formats 0x00001000, Radio: yes, Model 0x00915652, Revision 0x00000000
Jun 20 23:14:46 stern kernel: ivtv: Radio detected
Jun 20 23:14:47 stern kernel: ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02050032
Jun 20 23:14:47 stern kernel: ivtv: Encoder Firmware may be buggy, use version 0x02040011 Jun 20 23:14:47 stern kernel: ivtv: Configuring WinTV PVR 150 card with 5 streams Jun 20 23:14:47 stern kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 0 minor 1 Jun 20 23:14:47 stern kernel: ivtv: Create DMA stream 0 using 512 4096 byte buffers 0 kbytes total Jun 20 23:14:47 stern kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 1 minor 33 Jun 20 23:14:47 stern kernel: ivtv: Create DMA stream 1 using 97 43200 byte buffers 0 kbytes total Jun 20 23:14:47 stern kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 2 minor 225 Jun 20 23:14:47 stern kernel: ivtv: Create DMA stream 2 using 480 4368 byte buffers 0 kbytes total Jun 20 23:14:47 stern kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 3 minor 25 Jun 20 23:14:47 stern kernel: ivtv: Create DMA stream 3 using 455 4608 byte buffers 0 kbytes total Jun 20 23:14:47 stern kernel: ivtv: Registered v4l2 device, streamtype 4 minor 65
Jun 20 23:14:47 stern kernel: ivtv: Create stream 4
Jun 20 23:14:47 stern kernel: ivtv: Setting Tuner 57
Jun 20 23:14:47 stern kernel: tuner: type set to 57 (Philips FQ1236A MK4) by ivtv i2c driver #1
Jun 20 23:14:47 stern kernel: ivtv: Switching standard to NTSC.
Jun 20 23:14:47 stern kernel: ivtv: Initialized WinTV PVR 150, card #1
Jun 20 23:14:47 stern kernel: ivtv: ==================== END INIT IVTV ====================



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