Re: First release-candidate for 0.17.0 -- please test!

> Nicolas Boullis wrote:
>  
>> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 06:55:16PM -0700, Jan Willies wrote:
>>  
>>    
>>> Works fine, but I have to use
>>>
>>> options adv717x pixelport_16bit=0 pixelport_other_pal=1
>>>
>>> otherwise I have a green overlay. I guess autoconfig is missing details
>>> about my card?
>>>    
>>>      
>> Are you sure you're loading the good adv717x module?
>> If you still have an old one loaded, it is not expected to work.
>> If you only load the new em8300 module (or only load it first), it is
>> expected to trigger an automatic loading of the adv717x ot bt865 module
>> with modprobe, which will get it from /lib/modules/... ; if it is an old
>> one, it is not expected to work...
>>  
>>    
> Yes I'm pretty sure, because I booted a new kernel before.
>  
>>> em8300 module version 0.17.0-rc1
>>> Card revision 2
>>> Chip revision 2
>>> Video encoder: ADV7175 at address 0x6a on EM8300 I2C bus 1
>>> Memory mapped at address range 0xd0d00000->0xd0e00000 (FIFOs using MTRR)
>>> Microcode version 0x29 loaded
>>> Display buffer resolution: 720x576
>>> Dicom set to TV-out
>>> Using PAL
>>> Aspect is 16:9
>>> Digital audio output
>>>    
>>>      
>> What about /sys/class/em8300/em8300-0/device/model if you use a 2.6
>> kernel?
>>  
>>    
> **** Card model ****
>
> Identified model: unknown
>
> **** Detected data ****
>
> PCI revision: 2
> Chip revision: 2
> Video encoder: ADV7175A at address 0x6a on EM8300 I2C bus 1
> read_register(0x1c08) = 0x01
>
> **** Current configuration ****
>
> em8300.ko options:
>   [use_bt865=0]
>   dicom_other_pal=1
>   dicom_fix=1
>   dicom_control=1
>   [bt865_ucode_timeout=0]
>   activate_loopback=0
> adv717x.ko options:
>   pixelport_16bit=0
>   pixelport_other_pal=1
>   pixeldata_adjust_ntsc=1
>   pixeldata_adjust_pal=1
>
> **** Form ****
>
> PAL video output
>  [x] works fine
>  [ ] does not work (please describe problem)
>  [ ] was not tried
>
> NTSC video output
>  [ ] works fine
>  [ ] does not work (please describe problem)
>  [x] was not tried
>
> video passthrough and overlay
>  [ ] work fine
>  [ ] do not work (please describe problem)
>  [x] were not tried
>
> changing the use_bt865 option (use_bt865=on)
>  [ ] makes no difference
>  [ ] breaks something (please describe problem)
>  [x] was not tried
>
> changing the activate_loopback option (activate_loopback=on)
> (relevant even if you only use video out)
>  [ ] makes no difference
>  [ ] breaks something (please describe problem)
>  [x] was not tried
>
> changing the dicom_other_pal option (dicom_other_pal=off)
> (only relevant for PAL mode)
>  [ ] makes no difference
>  [ ] breaks something (please describe problem)
>  [ ] was not tried
>
> [important] changing the dicom_fix option (dicom_fix=off)
>  [ ] makes no difference
>  [ ] breaks something (please describe problem)
>  [ ] was not tried
>
> I guess one of
>
> pixelport_16bit=0 pixelport_other_pal=1
>
> solved my 'green'-problem (or maybe even both). I can't test it right
> now however, but I hope I find some time on the weekend.