Re: boot slow down

[James <bjlockie@lockie.ca>]

On 08/05/12 17:20, Sakari Ailus wrote:
> Hi Andy and James,
> 
> On Sat, Aug 04, 2012 at 06:28:19PM -0400, James wrote:
>> On 08/04/12 13:42, Andy Walls wrote:
>>> James <bjlockie@lockie.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>> There's a big pause before the 'unable'
>>>>
>>>> [    2.243856] usb 4-1: Manufacturer: Logitech
>>>> [   62.739097] cx25840 6-0044: unable to open firmware
>>>> v4l-cx23885-avcore-01.fw
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have a cx23885
>>>> cx23885[0]: registered device video0 [v4l2]
>>>>
>>>> Is there any way to stop it from trying to load the firmware?
>>>> What is the firmware for, analog tv? Digital works fine and analog is
>>>> useless to me.
>>>> I assume it is timing out there.
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>>> The firmware is for the analog broadcast audio standard (e.g. BTSC) detection microcontroller.
>>>
>>> The A/V core of the CX23885/7/8 chips is for analog vidoe and audio processing (broadcast, CVBS, SVideo, audio L/R in).
>>>
>>> The A/V core of the CX23885 provides the IR unit and the Video PLL provides the timing for the IR unit.
>>>
>>> The A/V core of the CX23888 provides the Video PLL which is the timing for the IR unit in the CX23888.
>>>
>>> Just grab the firmware and be done with it.  Don't waste time with trying to make the cx23885 working properly but halfway.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Andy
>>
>> I already have the firmware.
>> # ls -l /lib/firmware/v4l-cx23885-avcore-01.fw 
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16382 Oct 15  2011 /lib/firmware/v4l-cx23885-avcore-01.fw
> 
> The timeout if for allowing the user space helper enough time to provide the
> driver with the firmware, but it seems the helper isn't around as the
> timeout expires. Is udev running around the time of the first line? Is the
> driver linked directly into the kernel or is it a module?
> 
> Kind regards,
> 

I don't have any modules.
udev should be running.