On Sunday 25 September 2005 18:50, Jan Ophey wrote:
> Jan Ophey wrote:
> >Hans Verkuil wrote:
> >>Well, it looks like the major sound problems have been resolved. This
> >> means that it is time to evaluate what still has to be done before 0.3.9
> >> can be released. Below is a list of known problems and what their status
> >> is.
>
> Please
>
> >>check this and notify me if I've missed one.
> >>
> >>[...]
> >>7) Problems with the hue, brightness and contrast controls (saa7115).
> >
> >Strange
> >
> >>values seem to be filled in, possibly also the cause of a messed up
> >> video. Waiting for the answer of the questions I asked Jan Ophey.
> >>[...]
> >
> >Hi Hans, hi all!
> >Sorry for the delay, but there are several reasons why i was not able to
> >debug the driver in the last few days.
>
> Hi again!
> Today I found some time to do some debugging and decided update from a
> 2.6.11 to a 2.6.12 kernel (2.6.12-gentoo-r10) an whohooo... all my
> problems are gone.
> I still build it with "genkernel --menuconfig all" (genkernel is a
> gentoo-tool for building kernels & approperiate (spelling right?!?)
> initramfs) using the default settings with only changing my cpu-type +
> disabling all drivers except the drivers for hardware i use [ soundcard,
> onboard ethernet, usb, prism54 wireless, sw-raid and v4l2 without any
> specific card activated].
> rebootet and installed 0.3.8 for fun, not expecting it to work... but as
> you read before: everything worked. Maybe I'm just to dumb for this, but I
> then did a diff on my old kernel .config and I cannot see any changes...
> And i rebuild my old kernel twice with this settings... 2.6.11-gentoo-r6
> did not work... 2.6.12-gentoo-r10 works. I'm at the end of my knowledge...
>
> but for driver development: I guess you can forget about this. sorry for
> stealing your time.
So, if you go back to 2.6.11 the problem reappears? If so, can you still do
the tests I asked in an earlier mail with 2.6.11? It still could be a driver
bug that gets activated in certain situations or memory layout. Having a
reproducable case helps a lot trying to track down the cause.
Hans
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