From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mta2.srv.hcvlny.cv.net ([167.206.4.197]:45316 "EHLO mta2.srv.hcvlny.cv.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751731AbZGVPyl (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:54:41 -0400 Received: from steven-toths-macbook-pro.local (ool-18bfe0d5.dyn.optonline.net [24.191.224.213]) by mta2.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0KN600G0FXIXAA50@mta2.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for linux-media@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:54:35 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:54:32 -0400 From: Steven Toth Subject: Re: [PATCH] dvb: make digital side of pcHDTV HD-3000 functional again In-reply-to: <20090722114806.39c8c1ea.bhepple@promptu.com> To: Bob Hepple Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Message-id: <4A673638.2090001@kernellabs.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <200907201020.47581.jarod@redhat.com> <200907201650.23749.jarod@redhat.com> <4A65CF79.1040703@kernellabs.com> <200907212135.47557.jarod@redhat.com> <20090722114806.39c8c1ea.bhepple@promptu.com> Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 7/21/09 9:48 PM, Bob Hepple wrote: > On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:35:47 -0400 > Jarod Wilson wrote: > >> So its either I have *two* machines with bad, but only slightly bad, >> and in the same way, PCI slots which seem to work fine with any other >> card I have (uh, unlikely), > > ... not unlikely if the two machines are similar - many motherboards > have borked PCI slots in one way or another - design faults or > idiosyncratic interpretation of the PCI standard. I've seen it with > HP, Compaq, Digital m/bs just to name big names, smaller mfrs also get > it wrong. Sometimes just using another slot helps. Sometimes you need > to try a totally different motherboard. > > Maybe wrong to 'blame' the m/b mfr - it could just as easily be an > out-of-spec or creatively interpreted PCI standard on the card. My guess is that the eeprom was trashed. -- Steven Toth - Kernel Labs http://www.kernellabs.com