linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] ieee1934: dv1394 interrupt enabling/disabling broken on big-endian

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Message-Id: <20081225220244.1eacb39d.billfink@mindspring.com>
Date:	Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:02:44 -0500
From:	Bill Fink <billfink@...dspring.com>
To:	Bill Fink <billfink@...dspring.com>
Cc:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
	linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ieee1934: dv1394 interrupt enabling/disabling
 broken on big-endian

On Tue, 23 Dec 2008, Bill Fink wrote:

> On Sun, 14 Dec 2008, Stefan Richter wrote:
> 
> > Bill Fink wrote:
> > > On Sun, 14 Dec 2008, Stefan Richter wrote:
> > >> Looks like a bug + correct fix indeed.  Apparently dv1394 was never used on big
> > >> endian PCs.
> > ...
> > > I use dv1394 on a big-endian PPC system (2.6.15 kernel) to watch DV video
> > > via xine, and this has always worked fine for me.
> > 
> > Could you try to apply the patch to your kernel to test it?  You can get
> > it in plaintext e.g. from
> > http://user.in-berlin.de/~s5r6/linux1394/submitted/843-ieee1934-dv1394-interrupt-enabling_disabling-broken-on-big-endian.patch
> 
> I had hoped to test this by now, but due to not feeling well and the
> holidays, I haven't been able to.  I still hope to test this later,
> but I can't say exactly when.

Good news.  I finally got a chance to test the patch on my kernel,
and live DV viewing using xine still worked fine.

						-Thanks

						-Bill
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