Re: Potentially dead bttv cards from 2.6.10

Folkert van Heusden
2005-02-28T16:45:11Z

> > Well, are there any theories as to why it would work flawlessly, then
> > after a hard lockup (due to what I think is a buggy V4L2 application),
> > that the cards no longer work?
> No idea why the eeprom doesn't respond any more. Maybe it's really
> broken. Note that the eeprom is read only at insmod time (and even
> that for some cards only), thus there isn't a clear connection between
> the crash and the eeprom issue. It could have died earlied unnoticed.
> The eeprom holds the PCI Subsystem ID, so without a working eeprom
> bttv can't figure automatically what exact card that is (see the
> "unknown/default" card name in the log) and maybe thats why does not
> work any more for the card in question. Thats should be easily
> fixable using the card= insmod option.

I remember something about that you shouldn't use the teletext-decoder
at the same time as viewing regular tv. That would damage the eeprom.
Maybe it is related?

Folkert van Heusden

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