[linux-dvb] Re: no frontend with skystar2 2.6b and kernel 2.6-test11

[Niklas Peinecke <peinecke@gdv.uni-hannover.de>]

Steffen Barszus wrote:
> Am Montag, 8. Dezember 2003 10:03 schrieb Niklas Peinecke:
>
> > Steffen Barszus wrote:
> >
> > > Am Montag, 8. Dezember 2003 00:32 schrieb Augusto Cardoso:
> > >
> > > > Hi!
> > > >
> > > > You may want to try the CVS version of the dvb_kernel. The CVS
> > > > version is updated almost daily and it's the latest code. The
> > > > Skystar2 2.6B from the CVS should work, but you need to look at the
> > > > log to find out if the board was detected correctly or not.
> > > As I try nearly the same with the same card I drop my mail in here.
> > > I have started my machine new and load the driver. Never looked at
> > > the logs before (shame on me, see my other mail)
> > >
> > > > From dmesg:
> ...
>
> > > What my thought was, is that maybe a firmware is needed for the
> > > SkyStar2, but i haven't really found something about that topic.
> > No wonder: You don't need any firmware.
>
> Ok. Fine :)
>
>
> > > Video is working fine allready. I have attached my only cable to
> > > the skystar2 and was able to use vdr without a hitch together with
> > > my fullfeatured card (transfer mode from skystar2 to ff-card). What
> > > doesn't work is SkyDSL, I guess this is because of the master_xfer
> > > error ?
> > This is a really strange address and length:
> > > message 2: flags=0xd11b, addr=0x8960, buf=0x64, len=1024
> >
> >                                   ^^^^                ^^^^
> >
> > It's almost certainly rubbish, but I wonder, where this comes from.
> > Which apps were started after loading the driver?
>
> Nothing yet. I have just load the driver and instantly after that 
> executed a "dmesg" . Using vdr gives no error message. Any informations 
> that i could provide ? 
Ok, it was a typo in the debug message. Please apply the attached patch 
and report again.

> Another thing is that i can block the driver from unloading if i use 
> dvbtune .... -n xxxx to often. lsmod shows then that the module is used 
> 9 times, but no chance beside reboot to unload the driver again. Just 
> thought that might be important too. 
Sorry, I have not tried dvbtune myself. Maybe you have to upgrade dvbtune?

Niklas
Index: skystar2.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/linuxtv/dvb-kernel/linux/drivers/media/dvb/b2c2/skystar2.c,v
retrieving revision 1.20
diff -p -u -r1.20 skystar2.c
--- skystar2.c	6 Dec 2003 00:38:04 -0000	1.20
+++ skystar2.c	8 Dec 2003 09:42:36 -0000
@@ -321,9 +321,10 @@ static int master_xfer(struct dvb_i2c_bu
 	    if (ret != msgs[1].len)
 	    {
 		printk("%s: read error !\n", __FUNCTION__);
-
-		printk("message %d: flags=0x%x, addr=0x%x, buf=0x%x, len=%d \n", i,
-				      msgs[i].flags, msgs[i].addr, msgs[i].buf[0], msgs[i].len);
+		printk("message 0: flags=0x%x, addr=0x%x, buf=0x%x, len=%d \n",
+				      msgs[0].flags, msgs[0].addr, msgs[0].buf[0], msgs[0].len);
+		printk("message 1: flags=0x%x, addr=0x%x, buf=0x%x, len=%d \n",
+				      msgs[1].flags, msgs[1].addr, msgs[1].buf[0], msgs[1].len);
 
 		return -EREMOTEIO;
 	    }