Re: Need assistance with itifg driver.

[Thomas Dilligan <tdilliga@ilm.com>]

"M.Stein" wrote:
> 
> Hi Tom!
> 
> On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, Thomas Dilligan wrote:
> 
> > "M.Stein" wrote:
> > >
> > > Please can you test your camera also with the 0.7.0beta driver, because
> > > I can't test it here.
> > >
> >
> > 0.7.0beta does not work for me. The basic problem is that I can no
> > longer specify the umb buffer base and size (insmod returns with
> > 'unknown option base'). If I omit the base and size, the module loads,
> > but the test program fails because it can't allocate a memory buffer for
> > the image (12MB on a 4MB card).
> >
> 
> The big change from 0.6.0 to 0.7.0 is, that you don't need to specify base
> and size any longer. The memory is allocated, when test_itifg is started
> with respect to the current frame size. So, if your config file specifies
> a 3kx2k frame, 6Mb are allocated. With the '-n # of buffers' option you
> can also increse this value.

How large is a buffer?
 
> Sorry, there is no up to date documentation to 0.7.0.

That's life with beta software. No problem. Do I still have to reserve
memory at the lilo prompt?

>>>Tom