[mythtv-users] HD-PVR IR blaster

[Jarod Wilson]

On 09/14/2009 05:24 PM, Victor Brunini wrote:
> I've been trying to test the IR blaster functionality on my HD-PVR with this patch,
> unfortunately I'm running into some issues. First I tried option 1, the prebuilt
> Fedora kernel package, and using that lirc_zilog recognizes the hd-pvr's ir
>
>
> chip perfectly and I've been able to successfully use it to change channels on my
> cable box. However, using that version causes the hd-pvr to lock up randomly 5-10
> minutes into a recording, and attempting to modprobe -r either the hdpvr or
>
>
> lirc_zilog modules hangs and eventually leads to a kernel oops after a minute or
> so.
>
> I decided to try to follow your 2nd suggestion and pull your 2.6.31 git tree by cloning
> Linus'  and then adding you as a remote to see if it was any more stable. I also applied
>
>
> the/http://wilsonet.com/jarod/junk/hdpvr-ir/hdpvr-ir-enable.patch/  as you said to.
> The kernel compiles and boots fine and the hdpvr records without any of the instability

Sorry, you actually want this for 2.6.31, instead of the above:

http://wilsonet.com/jarod/junk/hdpvr-ir/hdpvr-ir-2.6.31.patch

Lockups recording sound very... Not good. I have to admit, I've not 
actually tried recording and using the IR part on mine at the same time 
yet...


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Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com