Mark, Can't seem to contact you via email, but can you send me this tar so I can see what you've changed?
thanks, jason Mark Cuss wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > Here is the Kfir code with the changes I mentioned below. It does work here > for us - you may require additional changes based upon your machine / > chipset, but its probably unlikely. We tested on a PIII - 866. > > Have fun, > > Mark > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Cuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 9:37 AM > Subject: [mpeg2] Re: kfir and linux 2.4.XX > > > Hello! > > > > I've been using the Kfir board under RedHat 7.2 with the kernel upgraded > to > > 2.4.13. We did need to do some mods to the driver which, unfortunately, > are > > not very well documented. We needed to fix some stuff to do with DMA and > to > > fix the unloading of the module. > > > > If you need more info I could probably send you the new, changed code. > > > > Mark > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Andrew Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 7:14 PM > > Subject: [mpeg2] kfir and linux 2.4.XX > > > > > > > I am trying to get a Kfir board working with the Linux driver. > > > > > > I know that the card does work, I've successfully used it on a > > > Windows 98 machine and encoded a NTSC stream. > > > > > > I've tried several versions of the linux kernel with Redhat 7.2 > > > filesystem/applications. The kernels I've used are built from 2.4.2 > > > (Redhat SRPM), 2.4.12 (Redhat SRPM) and 2.4.9 (vanilla Linus > > > distribution). > > > > > > I've also tried 4 different PC's: Pentium 166/Intel Triton; > > > 1Ghz P3 Serverworks chipset; 450Mhz P3 Intel chipset; 750 MHz P3 > > (different > > > intel chipset). [All of these machines are made by HP of course..] > > > > > > And I'm using the cvs version of the driver. I've used i2c-core and > > > i2c-algo-bits from both the kernel distribution and those in the cvs > > > tree. > > > > > > Moreover, I've also tried both PAL and NTSC signals. > > > > > > The behaviour is typically: the modules load successfully, but > > > > > > cat /dev/video0 > /tmp/foo.mpg > > > > > > generates a zero length file. > > > > > > However, on the Pentium machine, the same command locks up the system > > > (requiring a reset) - I used this hardware and Win98 to test the kfir > > card, > > > and and the card does work with win98 on that platform. > > > > > > I'd like to hear from anyone that has this card working. Could you > > > let me know what kernel version you're running, on what hardware, > > > and any changes you might have made to the driver? > > > > > > I've started tinkering with the source, but it's very difficult to > > > make progress as the driver is the only documentation I have. Are there > > > any documents available which describe the hardware? (at the level > > > of detail where it would be possible to maintain the driver) > > > > > > Many thanks, > > > > > > Andrew > > > ------------- > > > Andrew Thomas | DISCLAIMER: opinions expressed in this > > > Hewlett-Packard Laboratories | message are personal and do not > represent > > > 1501 Page Mill Road MS 1U-17 | the opinions of Hewlett Packard Co. > > > Palo Alto CA 94304-1126 | > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Listar -- > -- Type: application/x-gzip > -- File: kfir.tar.gz
