From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ms-smtp-01.rdc-kc.rr.com (ms-smtp-01.rdc-kc.rr.com [24.94.166.115]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D76D668A92 for ; Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:24:35 +1100 (EST) Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:24:02 -0600 (CST) From: vinai To: Debian PowerPC List , "LinuxPPC Developers' List" Subject: ivtv 0.4.2 driver works on powerpc !! Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: ivtv-devel@ivtvdriver.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Hi Folks, Don't know if this has been made widely known, but I thought I's share the last couple of days worth of experimenting. The setup - a PowerMac 8500, running "stock" Debian testing except for my own kernel compiled from the 2.6.15.1 sources from kernel.org. The machine has 1 G RAM, 200 MHz 604e PowerPC CPU and a Firmtek SATA drive controller running a 36 G 10K WD Raptor drive, and the capture device under testing is a Hauppage 350 PCI card. In my kernel .config file, I have video4linux and I2C support enabled, as per the instructions on the ivtv web site. I built and used only hardware modules from the ivtv 0.4.2 sources. I grabbed the firmware and installed it, again per instructions. If I do: cat /dev/video0 > test.mpg after a reboot, the hardware won't respond. However, if I remove the ivtv module then do a modprobe of that module again, the above command will work. "modprobe"-ing without "rmmod"-ing did not allow the card to function. I was able to capture about 20 s of video, with no noticeable dropped frames, even on this slow machine. This machine can't even play the captured clips, but transfer to another machine gave me a valid and playable MPEG-2 file. I plan to do some more testing over the next few days, and see if I can get this to actually work predictably... Cheers, and thanks to all whose work and efforts made this happen !! cheers vinai