Re: [PATCH 2/2] ieee1934: dv1394 interrupt enabling/disabling broken on big-endian

Bill Fink
2008-12-26T03:03:06Z

On Tue, 23 Dec 2008, Bill Fink wrote:

> On Sun, 14 Dec 2008, Stefan Richter wrote:
>
> > Bill Fink wrote:
> > > On Sun, 14 Dec 2008, Stefan Richter wrote:
> > >> Looks like a bug + correct fix indeed. Apparently dv1394 was never used on big
> > >> endian PCs.
> > ...
> > > I use dv1394 on a big-endian PPC system (2.6.15 kernel) to watch DV video
> > > via xine, and this has always worked fine for me.
> >
> > Could you try to apply the patch to your kernel to test it? You can get
> > it in plaintext e.g. from
> > http://user.in-berlin.de/~s5r6/linux1394/submitted/843-ieee1934-dv1394-interrupt-enabling_disabling-broken-on-big-endian.patch
>
> I had hoped to test this by now, but due to not feeling well and the
> holidays, I haven't been able to. I still hope to test this later,
> but I can't say exactly when.

Good news. I finally got a chance to test the patch on my kernel,
and live DV viewing using xine still worked fine.

-Thanks

-Bill