[linux-dvb] Re: AMD64 and DVB

[Johannes Stezenbach <js@convergence.de>]

On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 07:45:28PM +0100, Max Nickel wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 18:48, Johannes Stezenbach wrote:
> > 
> > OK, loading DPRAM works, booting the ARM works (the DRAM loader runs
> > from DPRAM), loading DRAM seems to work but the firmware in DRAM
> > is trashed. You said your card works in a i386 machine? If yes,
> > I would think that av7110_bootarm() or load_dram() have a bug.
> > But I don't see anything which could be wrong :-(
> > 
> 
> well it worked back on my athlon-xp, yes. It even worked when i ran the
> Athlon64 accidentally as a 32Bit System :) In 64Bit it doesn't work.
> What i'm worried about is, that i loaded the bogues firmware into the
> driver, as i commented out the security checks. Could that have been
> damaged my card ?

Barely. Can you damage your PC by running the wrong OS?

> If yes, i'll try to bring it to someone with a 32bit System and check if
> the card still works.

It's a good idea to check if the hardware is OK befored continuing
to search for software bugs.

> > Question: If you have a TV connected, or if you start xawtv quickly after
> > loading the driver, do you see the "(c) convergence..." boot splash?
> > 
> 
> uhm hard to say, i don't see the bootsplash, but maybe i'm just not
> quick enough ? :)

It's there only for about 5 seconds. If you don't see it, it just confirms
that the ARM crashes when exuting the firmware from DRAM.

Johannes


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