[linux-dvb] Re: FE_REFACTURING: skystar2: no data

[Andrew de Quincey <adq_dvb@lidskialf.net>]

On Tuesday 09 Nov 2004 20:53, Andrew de Quincey wrote:
> On Tuesday 09 Nov 2004 20:05, w-thiel@gmx.net wrote:
> > Hi Andrew,
> >
> > many thanks for your time.
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 09:43:53AM +0000, Andrew de Quincey wrote:
> > > ...
> > > Was this with the in-kernel drivers or with CVS-REFACTORING?
> > >
> > > Please try the latest CVS HEAD - the problem may be fixed - I cannot
> > > test as I do not have one of those cards.
> >
> > Sorry, still no go :-(
> >
> > "Master One"'s problem and mine seem to be unrelated: he has problems
> > with 2.6.10-rc1, I don't: 2.6.10-rc1 is working just fine.
> > I also had a look at the skystar2.c: I don't think that REFACTORING
> > changed anything of importance.
> > It will be a problem in the frontends: for him, it's the change from
> > 2.6.9 to 2.6.10-rc1, for me (stv0299) it seems to be the switch to
> > REFACTORING.
>
> I'm wondering if its when the stv0299 is initialised.... this sounds
> unlikely to me, but you never know. If you still have the prefreactoring
> drivers about (and can be bothered)....
>
> Could you try disabling any autoloading of DVB modules, power down the
> machine, power it up, load skystar2 and let it initialise and THEN load the
> stv0299 driver.
>
> Also, could you try loading stv0299 and then loading the skystar2 driver as
> well, just in case.
>
> I'll have another trawl through the source.

Aha! I think I've found it. There was a very hard to spot bug in the init 
table code which meant it was missing off the last 9 registers for the 
skystar2.

Lemme know how it goes...