This sounds almost exactly like the reboot issue I've been having. I'm using a AMD processor, but the motherboard is VIA chipsets. I am running CentOS. The kernel reports itself as 2.6.18, but there a lot of backporting in it.
I am going to start compiling vanilla kernels and see if I can find one where the PVR-500 is stable. I'm starting with 2.6.25 and working backwards. I am not willing to bet on my success. My issue could easily be a hardware problem. My gut says it's not, though. Jeroen Roos wrote: > Hello all, > > I have a PVR-500 card on a Via Epia EN15000 board. I am running Gentoo > Linux on it for MyhthTV. Ever since upgrading from kernel 2.6.22, I have > been having reboots on my system whenever it tries recording something. > Because I have had some issues with the SATA drivers on it previously, I > have always suspected that to be the problem, however, after some more > research I am now pretty sure that the IVTV driver is the culprit. > > When using kernel 2.6.22 (with Gentoo patches) everything works fine. I > have tried many different kernels after that, and with all the system > eventually reboots. The current I have running is the vanilla 2.6.29.4 > kernel, still the same problem. > > I can easily reproduce the problem by running: > > dd if=/dev/video0 of=/dev/null bs=64k count=10000 > > usually it reboots before it reaches 5000 blocks, sometimes it takes a > little longer, but eventually the system reboots. > > I think that I rule out all other components of the system by copying to > /dev/null. > > Any video recorded with the card is good (that is, when it's not sent to > /dev/null :-) ) > > I have checked http://www.ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Howto and everything > seems to be installed as it should be, after that I checked > http://www.ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Troubleshooting, but that does not > seem to mention anything that is describing my situation. > > I have tried setting debug to 127, but I don't see anything that looks > like an error, it also doesn't display anything just before crashing. > > the dmesg | tac ... etc script on the "how to ask for help" page does > not give any output, so I'll just include dmesg | grep ivtv... > > I think I am using the in-kernel version of ivtv, but I am not 100% > sure, how do I check? > > I have run out of options on what to try next, any ideas? > > > Thanks, > Jeroen > > > video ~ # dmesg | grep ivtv > ivtv: Start initialization, version 1.4.0 > ivtv0: Initializing card 0 > ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23416 based) > ivtv 0000:04:08.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 > ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32) > ivtv0: Autodetected WinTV PVR 500 (unit #1) > cx25840 1-0044: cx25843-24 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #0) > tuner 1-0060: chip found @ 0xc0 (ivtv i2c driver #0) > tuner 1-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #0) > tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0) > wm8775 1-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #0) > IRQ 17/ivtv0: IRQF_DISABLED is not guaranteed on shared IRQs > ivtv0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPG (4096 kB) > ivtv0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV (2048 kB) > ivtv0: Registered device vbi0 for encoder VBI (1024 kB) > ivtv0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM (320 kB) > ivtv0: Registered device radio0 for encoder radio > ivtv0: Initialized card: WinTV PVR 500 (unit #1) > ivtv1: Initializing card 1 > ivtv1: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23416 based) > ivtv 0000:04:09.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 > ivtv1: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32) > ivtv1: Correcting tveeprom data: no radio present on second unit > ivtv1: Autodetected WinTV PVR 500 (unit #2) > cx25840 2-0044: cx25843-24 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #1) > tuner 2-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #1) > tuner 2-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #1) > wm8775 2-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #1) > IRQ 18/ivtv1: IRQF_DISABLED is not guaranteed on shared IRQs > ivtv1: Registered device video1 for encoder MPG (4096 kB) > ivtv1: Registered device video33 for encoder YUV (2048 kB) > ivtv1: Registered device vbi1 for encoder VBI (1024 kB) > ivtv1: Registered device video25 for encoder PCM (320 kB) > ivtv1: Initialized card: WinTV PVR 500 (unit #2) > ivtv: End initialization > ivtv 0000:04:08.0: firmware: requesting v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw > ivtv0: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes) > ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02060039 > ivtv 0000:04:09.0: firmware: requesting v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw > ivtv1: Loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes) > ivtv1: Encoder revision: 0x02060039 > > video ~ # lspci | grep video > 04:08.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 > (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01) > 04:09.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 > (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01) > > video ~ # uname -a > Linux video 2.6.29.4 #1 SMP Wed Jun 10 20:58:40 CEST 2009 i686 VIA > Esther processor 1500MHz CentaurHauls GNU/Linux > > _______________________________________________ > ivtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."--Benjamin Franklin " 'Necessity' is the plea for every infringement of human liberty; it is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."--William Pitt _______________________________________________ ivtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-users
