[vdr] Re: ARM crashes regularly

[Carsten Koch <Carsten.Koch@icem.de>]

Hi Dirk,

ARM is the processor in your DVB card.
It crashes due to firmware bugs.
Please repost your report to the linux-dbv list and ask
the driver/firmware developers to take a look at it.
You may want to work with them on a test case that they
can easily reproduce or give them additional information
that may allow them to repair the firmware code.


Carsten.



Dirk Wiebel wrote:
> 
> Hello list,
> 
> Yesterday, I upgraded my "all in one" server to a Celeron 1GHz on MSI
> MS-6368. Everything seems to work fine, but this morning I found something
> strange in my logs:
> ------------------------
> Dec 11 03:59:00 apollon /USR/SBIN/CRON[2333]: (root) CMD ( rm -f
> /var/spool/cro$
> Dec 11 04:12:56 apollon -- MARK --
> Dec 11 04:32:56 apollon -- MARK --
> Dec 11 04:35:01 apollon kernel: dvb2: ARM crashed!
> Dec 11 04:52:56 apollon -- MARK --
> Dec 11 04:59:00 apollon /USR/SBIN/CRON[2455]: (root) CMD ( rm -f
> /var/spool/cro$
> Dec 11 05:00:00 apollon vdr[706]: cleaning up schedules data
> Dec 11 05:12:56 apollon -- MARK --
> Dec 11 05:32:56 apollon -- MARK --
> Dec 11 05:41:51 apollon kernel: dvb2: ARM crashed!
> Dec 11 05:52:56 apollon -- MARK --
> Dec 11 05:59:00 apollon /USR/SBIN/CRON[2577]: (root) CMD ( rm -f
> /var/spool/cro$
> Dec 11 06:12:56 apollon -- MARK --
> Dec 11 06:32:56 apollon -- MARK --
> Dec 11 06:41:42 apollon kernel: dvb2: ARM crashed!
> Dec 11 06:52:56 apollon -- MARK --
> Dec 11 06:59:00 apollon /USR/SBIN/CRON[2699]: (root) CMD ( rm -f
> /var/spool/cro$
> Dec 11 07:12:56 apollon -- MARK --
> Dec 11 07:32:56 apollon -- MARK --
> -------------------------
> 
> I have 2 DVB-s cards (should be dvb0 & 2) and 1 low budget card (all
> Hauppauge). DVB-drivers are a cvs checkout at dec 3rd. VDR version is 0.98.
> Interrupts look like this:
> 
> -------------------------
> apollon:~ # cat /proc/interrupts
>            CPU0
>   0:    4171585          XT-PIC  timer
>   1:       2944          XT-PIC  keyboard
>   2:          0          XT-PIC  cascade
>   3:      49899          XT-PIC  lirc_serial
>   7:    2022769          XT-PIC  saa7146(2)
>   8:          2          XT-PIC  rtc
>  10:   34001753          XT-PIC  saa7146(1)
>  11:       2664          XT-PIC  eth0
>  12:      88100          XT-PIC  saa7146(3)
>  14:     574204          XT-PIC  ide0
>  15:      77193          XT-PIC  ide1
> NMI:          0
> ERR:          0
> --------------------------
> 
> AFAIK arm crashed are not a good thing?!? Could anyone explain me what "arm"
> means in "kernelish"? I once broke my arm, too, but I was about 7 years old
> and I can't remember anymore. And my PC doesn't have arms and legs -- well,
> I have not seen anything like that yet... ;-)
> 
> Regards,
> Dirk
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