[mythtv-users] First Time User :: Problem with Hauppauge PVR-500 (System Reboots)

John Drescher drescherjm at gmail.com
Sun Jul 20 01:22:43 UTC 2008


> However, Can a different kernel version fix hardware problem as John
> mentioned its a DMA problem in VIA chipset,

Possibly. There have been many changes in the DMA code over time so an
older kernel (2.6.15 ...) and the ivtv version that goes with that may
work.

>isnt there a so called
> 'hardware abstraction layer' ...I was thinking this would require more
> of a BIOS level update/upgrade.
>
I don't think this will help.

John


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