Re: [2.6.35] usb 2.0 em28xx kernel panic general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa004fbc5>] [<ffffffffa004fbc5>] em28xx_isoc_copy_vbi+0x62e/0x812 [em28xx]

[Sander Eikelenboom <linux@eikelenboom.it>]

Hello Devin,

Yes i can confirm it was my mistake, with video4linux2 it works.

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Sander

Wednesday, August 11, 2010, 8:31:56 PM, you wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab
> <mchehab@infradead.org> wrote:
>> Em 11-08-2010 12:58, Pete Eberlein escreveu:
>>> On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 09:25 +0200, Sander Eikelenboom wrote:
>>>> Hello Devin,
>>>>
>>>> Yes it's completely reproducible for a change:
>>>>
>>>> ffmpeg -f video4linux -r 25 -s 720x576 -i /dev/video0 out.flv
>>>> gave an error:
>>>
>>> Use -f video4linux2.
>>>
>>> The -f video4linux option uses the old video4linux1 API.  I have seen
>>> similar strange behavior when I used that ffmpeg option with a v4l2
>>> driver I am developing.  Also, ffmpeg does not use libv4l.
>>
>> Still, we have a bug to fix. The driver shouldn't generating a PANIC if accessed
>> via V4L1 API.

> I agree with Mauro completely.  There is nothing userland should be
> able to do which results in a panic (and I have no reason to believe
> Pete was suggesting otherwise).  That said, it's really useful to know
> that this is some sort of v4l1 backward compatibility problem.

> I'll see if I can reproduce this here.

> Thanks,

> Devin




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