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On 11/13/06, Jelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The wiki page 'Firmware' instructs people to copy HcwFalcn.rom to
> v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw, but HcwFalcn.rom is 376836 bytes, only the first
> 256K contain actual ivtv firmware (the rest is (mainly) zeroes). With
> the latest trunk, and (I think) also with the svn head of 0.8, that will
> give a firmware file that the driver can't load, plus the blackbird
> driver also checks the firmware for size, so when using those
> instructions to create firmware for use with those drivers, it won't
> work (I think).
>
> I think the instructions should include something like 'dd
> if=HcwFalcn.rom of=v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw bs=1024 count=256' to show people
> how to take the first 256K only.
>
> http://www.ivtvdriver.org/index.php/Firmware
>
> Or is the 376836 byte firmware maybe used to zero-out some of the ivtv
> memory? (If that's the case, then maybe the blackbird driver shouls
> allow the larger file too and simply upload the trailing (mainly) zeros
> too).
>
> Jelle.
>
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