Description of problem: Using ds3000 driver for a TeVII S471 DVB Card does not load the firmware from /lib/firmware/dvb-fe-ds3000.fw in kernel 3.9.2 any more. It was working fine up to kernel 3.8.11. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Not working: 3.9.2-200.fc18.x86_64 Working on: 3.8.11-200.fc18.x86_64 How reproducible: Boot kernel 3.9.2 and start application using the ds3000 dvb interface (vdr in my case). If things do work I get something like: May 16 14:46:14 pc-micha kernel: [ 566.451026] ds3000_firmware_ondemand: Waiting for firmware upload (dvb-fe-ds3000.fw)... May 16 14:46:14 pc-micha kernel: [ 566.451071] ds3000_firmware_ondemand: Waiting for firmware upload(2)... May 16 14:46:15 pc-micha vdr: [4343] DVB API version is 0x050A (VDR was built with 0x0509) May 16 14:46:15 pc-micha vdr: [4343] frontend 0/0 provides DVB-S,DVB-S2 with QPSK ("Montage Technology DS3000") May 16 14:46:15 pc-micha vdr: [4343] found 1 DVB device For kernel 3.9.2 it only gets to "Waiting for firmware upload(2)" Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: No working DVB Interface Expected results: Working DVB interface Additional info: Building a 3.9.2 kernel with the following config option fixes the problem for me: CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER=y This is a new config option for kernel 3.9. Do we need to enable this in the default kernel?
Can you attach a full dmesg from a failing kernel? If the firmware request failed, you should see something like this: ds3000_firmware_ondemand: No firmware uploaded (timeout or file not found?) The CONFIG_FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER option is supposedly a fallback option and shouldn't be required unless the firmware is in a non-standard path or perhaps the driver is doing something odd.
Hello, it seems that I was wrong with my conclusions. Even with the stock 3.9.2 kernel the firmware is loaded: May 16 16:37:00 pc-micha kernel: [ 68.280486] ds3000_firmware_ondemand: Waiting for firmware upload (dvb-fe-ds3000.fw)... May 16 16:37:00 pc-micha kernel: [ 68.280657] ds3000_firmware_ondemand: Waiting for firmware upload(2)... May 16 16:37:01 pc-micha vdr: [2487] DVB API version is 0x050A (VDR was built with 0x0509) May 16 16:37:01 pc-micha vdr: [2487] frontend 0/0 provides DVB-S,DVB-S2 with QPSK ("Montage Technology DS3000") May 16 16:37:01 pc-micha vdr: [2487] found 1 DVB device But with the 3.9.2 kernel I do get the following messages: May 16 08:06:39 pc-micha vdr: [6636] switching to channel 2 May 16 08:06:48 pc-micha vdr: [6641] frontend 0/0 timed out while tuning to channel 2, tp 111361 Things seem to be working if I first boot a 3.8.11 kernel and run vdr. After a reboot, everything works in 3.9.2 kernel too. But after a cold start directly to 3.9.2 kernel, I do get the message above. So it looks as if something is not initialized correctly in the newer kernel. But this might be just a ds3000 driver issue. I will see, if I can find out more. DVB Card is a PCI-e TeVII 471 02:00.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23885 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 02) Subsystem: Device d471:9022 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16 Memory at f7800000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2M] Capabilities: [40] Express Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [90] Vital Product Data Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting Capabilities: [200] Virtual Channel Kernel driver in use: cx23885 Cheers, Michael
Hallo I had the same problem. Even current 3.10.5 Kernel was not working. I found a patch at https://patchwork.linuxtv.org/patch/19301/ and after recompiling the kernel my TeVii S471 Card is back running. regards Martin
Thanks for the pointer. I'll get that patch in today.
OK, patch added across the releases. Thanks again.
kernel-3.10.7-200.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-3.10.7-200.fc19
kernel-3.10.7-100.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-3.10.7-100.fc18
Package kernel-3.10.7-200.fc19: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 19 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing kernel-3.10.7-200.fc19' as soon as you are able to, then reboot. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-14865/kernel-3.10.7-200.fc19 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
kernel-3.10.7-100.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
kernel-3.10.7-200.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
The problem is still present in the current fedora 20 kernel. I tried different hardware: Aver 800, hauppauge nova2, and KWorld USB 2.00 and they all fail e.g. uname -a Linux tiny.wells-local.org 3.12.5-302.fc20.i686 #1 SMP Tue Dec 17 21:01:18 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux dmesg: [ 13.711222] usb 1-4: New USB device found, idVendor=06e1, idProduct=a334 [ 13.711291] usb 1-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 [ 13.711305] usb 1-4: Product: DVBT-USB2.0 [ 13.711312] usb 1-4: Manufacturer: KWorld Co.,Ltd. [ 13.712869] dvb-usb: found a 'KWorld/ADSTech Instant DVB-T USB2.0' in warm state. [ 13.713149] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer. [ 13.713503] DVB: registering new adapter (KWorld/ADSTech Instant DVB-T USB2.0) [ 13.729183] usb 1-4: DVB: registering adapter 1 frontend 0 (DiBcom 3000M-B DVB-T)... [ 13.819758] input: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/usb1/1-4/input/input6 [ 13.819811] dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 150 msecs. [ 13.819815] dvb-usb: KWorld/ADSTech Instant DVB-T USB2.0 successfully initialized and connected. ... ... [ 95.146749] ds3000_firmware_ondemand: Waiting for firmware upload (dvb-fe-ds3000.fw)... [ 95.153433] ds3000_firmware_ondemand: Waiting for firmware upload(2)... [ 184.740063] ds3000_firmware_ondemand: Waiting for firmware upload (dvb-fe-ds3000.fw)... [ 184.740128] ds3000_firmware_ondemand: Waiting for firmware upload(2)... ---------------------- lsusb: lsusb Bus 001 Device 005: ID 06e1:a334 ADS Technologies, Inc. Bus 001 Device 002: ID 9022:d660 TeVii Technology Ltd. DVB-S2 S660 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 05af:0630 Jing-Mold Enterprise Co., Ltd Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub (The TeVii is working correctly)
pjw0701-fedoraforum, it'd be best if you bring this issue up in the upstream mailing list on linuxtv.org as I don't see any recent commits in 3.13 git related to firmware loading in drivers/media thanks, Michele