Re: [GIT PULL for 2.6.37-rc1] V4L/DVB updates

[Mauro Carvalho Chehab]

Em 27-10-2010 14:38, Jiri Slaby escreveu:
> On 10/27/2010 06:36 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
>> Basically, af9015 broke due to (3), as .small_i2c = 1 means nothing. It should be using
>> .small_i2c = TDA18271_16_BYTE_CHUNK_INIT, instead.
>>
>> What I don't understand is why a patch doing this change didn't fix the issue. Please
>> test the patch I posted on the original -next thread. Let's try to identify why
>> tda18271_write_regs() is not breaking the data into smaller writes.
> 
> It helps, but one needs to unplug and replug the device. So care to
> respin the pull request with the patch included?

AH! Yes, this is sometimes needed on some hardware: when a longer or wrong I2C transaction
is received, the hardware simply stops working. You need to replug it for it to return to
life.

Ok, I'll add the patch that changes it to .small_i2c = TDA18271_16_BYTE_CHUNK_INIT
to the series.

Thanks,
Mauro.
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