[mythtv-users] Using older IVTV firmware version on FC3/ATRPMs?

[Niklas Brunlid]

On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 13:24:47 +0100, Niklas Brunlid <nbr at ticalc.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 00:52:27 -0800, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> On Sunday 06 March 2005 14:50, Niklas Brunlid wrote:
>>> How do I get a system installed on FC3 using Jarod's guide to use the
>>> firmware in pvr48wdm_1.8.22037.exe (the one recommended on the wiki)? I
>>> used that one for a _long_ time on my box when it was running Gentoo  
>>> and
>>> never had any playback freezes on my PVR350, but with the one in the
>>> latest (stable) ATRPMs I get frequent freezes.
>>>
>>> I have the actual .bin files in /lib/modules, and I've checked their  
>>> MD5
>>> sums, but I can't seem to get IVTV to use them.
>>
>> If they're all that is in /lib/modules, as far as ivtv firmwares, that's
>> what
>> ivtv is using. It won't work period, if it isn't loading something from
>> there.
>
> This is strange... I have three files:
>
> ivtv-fw-dec.bin, md5 305dba74bbe5905447add8883f3ecb68 (0x02020023)
> ivtv-fw-enc.bin, md5 6e2012d919fa48811c27e25e54a0a5dc (0x02040024)
> ivtv-fw-enc.bin, md5 ab75947ef1b086e26f9b08e628baa02e (presumably
> 0x02040011)
>
> The first and third are in /lib/modules, but I still get
>   Mar  6 23:40:19 holywood kernel: ivtv: Decoder revision: 0x02020023
>   Mar  6 23:40:20 holywood kernel: ivtv: Encoder revision: 0x02040024
>   Mar  6 23:40:20 holywood kernel: ivtv: Encoder Firmware is buggy, use
> version 0x02040011
>
> ...in /var/log/messages when I boot the computer, even after leaving it
> with no power plugged in for >5 minutes.

...and of course the solution appears in your brain three seconds after  
you hit submit... I remembered to re-run mkinitrd-ivtv and all is well. =)
Good thing it sees that the firmware binaries are already a part of the  
initrd file (since I had no backup). :)

/ Niklas