Re: Gene's pcHDTV 3000 analog problem

From: Michael Krufky (mkrufky_at_m1k.net)
Date: 11/30/05

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    To: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net>
    
    

    Gene Heskett wrote:

    >On Tuesday 29 November 2005 20:26, Michael Krufky wrote:
    >
    >[...]
    >
    >>ll I can think of doing next is to have Gene, Don or Perry do a
    >>bisection test on our cvs repo.... checking out different cvs revisions
    >>until we can narrow it down to the day the problem patch was applied.
    >>
    >>::sigh::
    >>
    >>
    >A sigh? More like an 'oh fudge' or whatever your fav expletive deleted
    >is...
    >
    >>Who wants to do it? I'll give you detailed instructions if you're
    >>willing.
    >>
    >>
    >Can you farm it out, one set of patches to each of us? Or do you want
    >to setup a seperate cvs tree based on the v4l code in 2.6.14.3, and
    >incrementally patch it as we each report its still ok, until it breaks
    >again? I think I'd prefer the latter so we are all near the same
    >page even if it takes 3x longer to arrive at the answer. How many
    >actual patches in terms of dependency groups are there? I know, I
    >coulda went all week without asking that :(
    >
    Actually, cvs has a parameter that lets you specify cutoff dates...

    This is what I am suggesting that you do... Base this on my previous cvs
    instructions....

    reminder: http://linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/How_to_build_from_CVS

    so....

    1st:

    cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.linuxtv.org:/cvs/video4linux login
    cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.linuxtv.org:/cvs/video4linux co v4l-dvb
    cd v4l-dvb
    make clean
    make
    make install

    test

    (you already did this - you said doesnt work)

    Now, try again, using last month's code:

    cvs up -D 2005-11-01
    make clean
    make
    make install

    did it work? yes? ok, so try two weeks later:

    cvs up -D 2005-11-15
    make clean
    make
    make install

    ... or no it didnt? then another month earlier:

    cvs up -D 2005-10-01
    make clean
    make
    make install

    works now? try two weeks later:

    cvs up -D 2005-10-15
    make clean
    make
    make install

    doesnt work? 1 week earlier:

    cvs up -D 2005-10-07
    make clean
    make
    make install

    doesnt work? 1 day earlier:

    cvs up -D 2005-10-06
    make clean
    make
    make install

    it works? hmm... problem patch must have been committed between 10-06
    and 10-07

    At that point, just give me the date and it will probably be easy to
    narrow it down, or then again, you can use time of day in the -D
    parameter too... (see man cvs)

    anyway, you get the picture... This is an adaptation for cvs based on
    Linus' description of the git bisection testing, and I'm sure that there
    are more efficient ways of doing it, but this should work.

    Cheers,

    Mike
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