Re: Regression with kernel 3.1 and bt87x?

[Sebastian Steinhuber <sebastian.steinhuber@googlemail.com>]

Am 17.11.2011 17:29, schrieb Sebastian Steinhuber:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've got a Hauppauge WinTV pci board that used to be working until
> kernel 3.1 was used; I tried 3.1.1, too, without luck. 3.0.7 is working,
> with the same config as the 3.1s regarding the media parts.
> 
> I'm compiling my customized kernel from vanilla sources and a
> linux-vserver patch, and I also tested the 3.1.0-1-amd64 from debian
> stock with very result.
> 
> 
> On starting up Zapping, I got these messages:
> 'Unable to open /dev/video0.'
> 'The device cannot be attached to any controller.'
> Tvtime simply complained about 'No signal'.
> 
> I couldn't find further messages or any errors in syslog nor in
> messages, so I'm feeling there might be a bug somewhere.
> 
> 
> The same modules are loaded into the kernel with 3.0.7 (working, with
> the same config as the 3.1s regarding the media parts), 3.1 and also 3.1.1:
> bttv
> btcx_risc
> rc_core
> tuner
> tuner_simple
> tuner_types
> videobuf_dma_sg
> videobuf_core
> tveeprom
> 
> 
> $lspci -vv
> …
> 05:00.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video
> Capture (rev 02)
> 	Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV Series
> 	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
> Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
> 	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
> <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
> 	Latency: 64 (4000ns min, 10000ns max)
> 	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
> 	Region 0: Memory at d0001000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
> 	Kernel driver in use: bttv
> 
> 05:00.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture
> (rev 02)
> 	Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV Series
> 	Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
> Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
> 	Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
> <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
> 	Latency: 64 (1000ns min, 63750ns max)
> 	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
> 	Region 0: Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
> 	Kernel driver in use: Bt87x

Update: There are no issues with 3.0.9.

If someone has an idea which commit could cause the problem, I would
like to check it out. I have cloned the stable kernel repository and
despite of being new to git, I can test every commit with the hardware.
Thanks in advance,

Sebastian