Re: [gentoo-user] EPIA CFLAGS
On Tuesday 09 December 2003 22:29, Jayson Garrell wrote: On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 09:19, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: athlon-4, athlon-xp, athlon-mp, winchip-c6, winchip2 and c3. Looks like you're in luck... c3 bails out with an error about target not supported. I did some googleing and it appers that i686 or i586 should work. with the new gcc 3.3.x it's there, I'm compiling it happily at home now. -- Sigurd Stordal master in Petrology/mineralogy President of GOGS Opuscreator VS in DNM95 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] EPIA CFLAGS
On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 02:25, Sigurd Stordal wrote: On Tuesday 09 December 2003 22:29, Jayson Garrell wrote: On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 09:19, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: athlon-4, athlon-xp, athlon-mp, winchip-c6, winchip2 and c3. Looks like you're in luck... c3 bails out with an error about target not supported. I did some googleing and it appers that i686 or i586 should work. with the new gcc 3.3.x it's there, I'm compiling it happily at home now. Yes I did notice that also. It was in the stage1-x86 tar ball, but it is there now that the system has been installed. After it finishes compiling xfree qt I will rebuild it system with the c3-2 flags. I will post the results. Also if any one is interested I have a 2.4.23 kernel built with all of the cle266 stuff patched in. URL below. http://kyi.sytes.net/downloads/epia/patch-2.4.23-epia1 http://kyi.sytes.net/downloads/epia/epia.config The epia.config is my custom kernel, mostly modular vs. builtin driver support. The patch applies cleanly to the stock 2.4.23 kernel the -bk7 patched kernel. As the system is built I will provide complete configs docs to any one that needs them. Jayson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] EPIA CFLAGS
On Tuesday 09 December 2003 10:19 pm, Rex Young wrote: Lets compare notes. What gcc version are you using? Do you use the kernel i2c modules, or the ebuild (if so, which version)? Would you mind posting the ivtv section of your /etc/modules.conf? gcc version: I think it updated to 3.2.3-r3 a few days ago. I know there was a problem with 3.2.1 and ivtv, but 3.2.2 has been blessed by the devs. I'm also running 3.2.3 and was starting to wonder if this wasn't part of the problem. i2c: kernel; I had no idea there was an ebuild i2c 2.8.0+ needs you to make a small modification to the Makefile. Do you have any i2c errors in your logs when you access /dev/video0? modules.conf: I haven't touched it. For now I use a script I wrote to load the modules. I just thought it would be easier to edit that to adapt to changes until I think the box is ready for every-day use. When I do work on it, I would be happy to share it. The Gentoo-ish way of handling the ivtv options would be to create /etc/modules.d/ivtv, drop your configs in there, then run modules-update. Here's what I'm using: # WinTV PVR 350 alias char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-81-0 ivtv alias /dev/v4l ivtv options ivtv debug=1 options tuner type=21 options msp3400 once=1 simple=1 options saa7115 add below ivtv msp3400 saa7115 saa7127 tuner post-install ivtv /usr/local/bin/test_ioctl -d /dev/video0 -u 0x3000 -p4 post-install ivtv /usr/local/bin/test_ioctl -d /dev/video16 -u 0x3000 post-install ivtv /usr/local/bin/test_ioctl -d /dev/video32 -u 0x3000 Dave -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] EPIA CFLAGS
i2c: kernel; I had no idea there was an ebuild i2c 2.8.0+ needs you to make a small modification to the Makefile. Do you have any i2c errors in your logs when you access /dev/video0? h...I hadn't thought about looking for them. I will have to look at this during the weekend. Thanks for the tip. modules.conf: I haven't touched it. For now I use a script I wrote to load the modules. I just thought it would be easier to edit that to adapt to changes until I think the box is ready for every-day use. When I do work on it, I would be happy to share it. The Gentoo-ish way of handling the ivtv options would be to create /etc/modules.d/ivtv, drop your configs in there, then run modules-update. Here's what I'm using: # WinTV PVR 350 alias char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-81-0 ivtv alias /dev/v4l ivtv options ivtv debug=1 options tuner type=21 options msp3400 once=1 simple=1 options saa7115 add below ivtv msp3400 saa7115 saa7127 tuner post-install ivtv /usr/local/bin/test_ioctl -d /dev/video0 -u 0x3000 -p4 post-install ivtv /usr/local/bin/test_ioctl -d /dev/video16 -u 0x3000 post-install ivtv /usr/local/bin/test_ioctl -d /dev/video32 -u 0x3000 Yes, I know that it's helpful to modify modules.conf. I just hadn't done it yet, because I didn't necessarily want things to load on their own until I'm happy with how everything is working. For now, the scripts are what I want. Thanks, by the way, for posting that. It'll make my life somewhat easier. What do you prefer for playback? My own preference is to use the box for a variety of multimedia tasks, and specifically as a pvr, so mythtv seems to be the best fit for it. -rex -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
[gentoo-user] EPIA CFLAGS
My M1N EPIA mobo will be arriving today and I wanted to get a heastart on getting things ready. This board is going to be used as a dedicated mythtv box. What are the best CFLAG opts for this mobo? Is there a C3 option or do I need go with i586 or i686. I don't need any help installing Gentoo or mythtv, I just wanted to make this setup as fast as it can be. Jayson Garrell -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] EPIA CFLAGS
On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 08:58:50 -0800 Jayson Garrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | What are the best CFLAG opts for this mobo? Is there a C3 option or do | I need go with i586 or i686. I don't need any help installing Gentoo | or mythtv, I just wanted to make this setup as fast as it can be. From `man gcc`: Tune to cpu-type everything applicable about the generated code, except for the ABI and the set of available instructions. The choices for cpu-type are i386, i486, i586, i686, pentium, pentium-mmx, pentiumpro, pentium2, pentium3, pentium4, k6, k6-2, k6-3, athlon, athlon-tbird, athlon-4, athlon-xp, athlon-mp, winchip-c6, winchip2 and c3. Looks like you're in luck... -- Ciaran McCreesh Mail:ciaranm at gentoo.org Web: http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] EPIA CFLAGS
On Tuesday 09 December 2003 11:58 am, Jayson Garrell wrote: What are the best CFLAG opts for this mobo? Is there a C3 option or do I need go with i586 or i686. I don't need any help installing Gentoo or mythtv, I just wanted to make this setup as fast as it can be. http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=368#Introduction and http://blade5.bvu.edu/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=EpiaHowto will be your best resources. What kind of TV card are you going to use? Dave -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] EPIA CFLAGS
On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 13:32, David Mallwitz wrote: On Tuesday 09 December 2003 11:58 am, Jayson Garrell wrote: What are the best CFLAG opts for this mobo? Is there a C3 option or do I need go with i586 or i686. I don't need any help installing Gentoo or mythtv, I just wanted to make this setup as fast as it can be. http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=368#Introduction and http://blade5.bvu.edu/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=EpiaHowto will be your best resources. What kind of TV card are you going to use? Hauppauge pvr250 Jayson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] EPIA CFLAGS
On Tuesday 09 December 2003 04:54 pm, Jayson Garrell wrote: On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 13:32, David Mallwitz wrote: On Tuesday 09 December 2003 11:58 am, Jayson Garrell wrote: What are the best CFLAG opts for this mobo? Is there a C3 option or do I need go with i586 or i686. I don't need any help installing Gentoo or mythtv, I just wanted to make this setup as fast as it can be. http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=368#Introduction and http://blade5.bvu.edu/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=EpiaHowto will be your best resources. What kind of TV card are you going to use? Hauppauge pvr250 I'm working on the same thing with a pvr350. Lemme know how it goes. Dave -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] EPIA CFLAGS
On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 18:01, David Mallwitz wrote: On Tuesday 09 December 2003 04:54 pm, Jayson Garrell wrote: On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 13:32, David Mallwitz wrote: On Tuesday 09 December 2003 11:58 am, Jayson Garrell wrote: What are the best CFLAG opts for this mobo? Is there a C3 option or do I need go with i586 or i686. I don't need any help installing Gentoo or mythtv, I just wanted to make this setup as fast as it can be. http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=368#Introduction and http://blade5.bvu.edu/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=EpiaHowto will be your best resources. What kind of TV card are you going to use? Hauppauge pvr250 I'm working on the same thing with a pvr350. Lemme know how it goes. I too would be interested in knowing how it goes for both of you. I've been thinking about throwing a tv card in the home NAT box to serve wireless tv to my laptop. You should definately document everything you do, maybe set up a website. Chris I Of course there's no reason for it, it's just our policy. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
RE: [gentoo-user] EPIA CFLAGS
On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 18:01, David Mallwitz wrote: On Tuesday 09 December 2003 04:54 pm, Jayson Garrell wrote: On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 13:32, David Mallwitz wrote: On Tuesday 09 December 2003 11:58 am, Jayson Garrell wrote: What are the best CFLAG opts for this mobo? Is there a C3 option or do I need go with i586 or i686. I don't need any help installing Gentoo or mythtv, I just wanted to make this setup as fast as it can be. http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=368#Introduction and http://blade5.bvu.edu/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=EpiaHowto will be your best resources. What kind of TV card are you going to use? Hauppauge pvr250 I'm working on the same thing with a pvr350. Lemme know how it goes. I too would be interested in knowing how it goes for both of you. I've been thinking about throwing a tv card in the home NAT box to serve wireless tv to my laptop. You should definately document everything you do, maybe set up a website. Chris I Of course there's no reason for it, it's just our policy. Don't worry too much about optimizing the hell out of it. I use: -mcpu=i586 -O2 -mmmx -msse (from memory, not sure about the last one). Too much optimization will increase the compile time so much it'll annoy the hell out of you, with little real gain. Mythtv works pretty well without via's binary drivers. I forced some things to load and recompiled mythtv to take advantage of the mpeg2 decoder and it worked out quite nicely. for playback. Then, I couldn't recompile the ivtv modules. Right now I'm holding on until the latest reverse-engineered decoder stuff is included in the -epia kernel (www.ivor.it/cle266) that a fine chap has put together. Before I to include more of the goodies, I had the best luck with ac-sources for kernel, and the latest development release of xfree86 (currently 4.3.99.901, I think). The ivy tv page at http://ivtv.sourceforge.net can tell you how to set up the lirc drivers for the pvr250/350. I set that up some time ago, so don't now remember details. For a WM, I decided that something a little nicer than twm was in order, so I used waimea. Lots of people have had good luck with any of the *box WMs. good luck -rex -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] EPIA CFLAGS
On Tuesday 09 December 2003 08:09 pm, Rex Young wrote: pretty well without via's binary drivers. I forced some things to load and recompiled mythtv to take advantage of the mpeg2 decoder and it worked out quite nicely. for playback. Then, I couldn't recompile the ivtv modules. Yeah, that's my major headache - ivtv being fussy. /dev/video0 works, but every app fails to read from it with ioctl errors. Plus the usual i2c errors. Right now I'm holding on until the latest reverse-engineered decoder stuff is included in the -epia kernel (www.ivor.it/cle266) that a fine chap has put together. Absolutely, God bless Ivor. We should get him a Christmas present. Ivor uber alles! The ivy tv page at http://ivtv.sourceforge.net can tell you how to set up the lirc drivers for the pvr250/350. I set that up some time ago, so don't now remember details. Lets compare notes. What gcc version are you using? Do you use the kernel i2c modules, or the ebuild (if so, which version)? Would you mind posting the ivtv section of your /etc/modules.conf? For a WM, I decided that something a little nicer than twm was in order, so I used waimea. Lots of people have had good luck with any of the *box WMs. The latest DirectFB includes support for the CLE266 video, so I've been bypassing X and running directly from the framebuffer. Works great. Dave -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] EPIA CFLAGS
The ivy tv page at http://ivtv.sourceforge.net can tell you how to set up the lirc drivers for the pvr250/350. I set that up some time ago, so don't now remember details. Lets compare notes. What gcc version are you using? Do you use the kernel i2c modules, or the ebuild (if so, which version)? Would you mind posting the ivtv section of your /etc/modules.conf? gcc version: I think it updated to 3.2.3-r3 a few days ago. i2c: kernel; I had no idea there was an ebuild modules.conf: I haven't touched it. For now I use a script I wrote to load the modules. I just thought it would be easier to edit that to adapt to changes until I think the box is ready for every-day use. When I do work on it, I would be happy to share it. For a WM, I decided that something a little nicer than twm was in order, so I used waimea. Lots of people have had good luck with any of the *box WMs. The latest DirectFB includes support for the CLE266 video, so I've been bypassing X and running directly from the framebuffer. Works great. I don't think that mythtv works on the framebuffer. I seem to recall that the qt libraries need a good deal of work still to work well on on the framebuffer. The framebuffer has never been important to me, other than to have a better-looking console. Vesa-fb works fine for that. Overall, I've not really had any problems with it, until I tried to use the -epia kernels (mythfrontend locks) or tried to use via's binary drivers. I found that I couldn't use the Xfree drivers unless I used their kernel modules. When I use their kernel modules, I have to use their videodev. When I use their videodev, ivtv breaks. ugh. I do have high hopes for the -epia kernel with ivor's work added in. good luck -rex -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
