From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.kapsi.fi ([217.30.184.167]:42769 "EHLO mail.kapsi.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757076Ab2FTQml (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:42:41 -0400 Message-ID: <4FE1FD7B.4050108@iki.fi> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:42:35 +0300 From: Antti Palosaari MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Marx CC: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: How to make bug report References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 06/18/2012 09:40 AM, Marx wrote: > Hello > I have four DVB cards: > DVB-S2: > -Pinnacle PCTV SAT HDTV 452E PRO USB (main kernel support) > -Terratec Cinergy S2 USB HD v.2 > -Prof Revolution DVB-S2 8000 PCIe > DVB-T: > -AF9015 noname USB (main kernel support) > > on AMD Brazos platform (Asrock E350M1) with Debian (lately with 3.4 > kernel). > > While I could be able to make all of them working via different drivers > (media-build, patches, vendor drivers, Igor Liplianin's repo, yavdr dkms > package etc) none of this card works stable (unlike Twinhan PCI I had > previously). Prof hangs system, Pinnacle doesn't work with DVB-S2, > Terratec records streams partially unplayable, AF9015 stops working > after and hour or so etc. Often I see errors of I2C subsystem. As author of the AF9015 I would like to see some of those errors. And your driver version. Use latest v4l-dvb if possible as I have changed it very much recently. > While I'm in process of testing it on different hardware (laptop) I > would like to know if it's good place to write about dvb drivers bugs. > Or maybe should I write directly to developer? or write bugs in > Debian/kernel bugzilla or sth similair? > How to properly report bugs? What kernel should I use, which driverset? > What logs to attach (kernel.log)? how to enable debug options (if needed)? Maybe best to contact driver author directly and CC this mailing list. > I think it's rather unusual all of cards doesn't work, so I suspect that > there can be something wrong with my system. Maybe you, as skilled > developers, can direct me what can be wrong, what can I test? regards Antti -- http://palosaari.fi/