On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:51:58 -0800 "Rich Kadel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The real test would be if all 4 PVR 500's will work (stable) with a new > motherboard, and I don't have a motherboard in my desktop machine with 4 > PCI slots. On a whim, I've crossed my fingers and purchased a new MSI > 945P_Neo3-F and Intel Core 2 Duo 6600E (and 2Gigs DDR2) to replace the > ASUS board and Opteron. Maybe this will do the trick. I'm recompiling > the kernel to include SMP. Let me know if anything here sounds like a > bad idea. > There were SMP issues a while back, but I believe that Hans has solved them. I don't know about this motherboard personally, so I can't comment on it. I would check and make sure that the SATA controller and other tidbits are fully supported. These days though, if the motherboard is a few months old (that is, not just new on the market), Linux is generally very good at supporting the mainline items on it. > -- > > Rich Kadel > Appeligo, Inc. > (858) 433-1747 > www.appeligo.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brad Barnett > Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 7:54 PM > To: Discussion list for development of the IVTV driver > Subject: Re: [ivtv-devel] System (practically) non-responsive after > several hours...no clues > > On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:28:53 -0800 > "Rich Kadel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I may have to do that, but I'll have to swap out the CPU as well (and > > maybe memory). Could be pricey, but I need the stability. If that's > > what it takes. > > > > Any recommendations on an Intel motherboard, chipset, CPU combination > > that supports 4 PCI slots? PVR-500 requires 3.3 volt support, as I > > recall. > > > > You couldn't swap that box with your desktop, for example, for a few > days? > Anything to debug... > > > -- > > > > Rich Kadel > > Appeligo, Inc. > > (858) 433-1747 > > www.appeligo.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brad Barnett > > Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 4:13 PM > > To: Discussion list for development of the IVTV driver > > Subject: Re: [ivtv-devel] System (practically) non-responsive after > > several hours...no clues > > > > > > > > DMA issues should only occur when the card is actually in use. > > However, I want to warn you, I had DMA issues with merely one PVR-500 > > and a PVR-350! > > > > I had these problems with three different VIA chipsets, and they > > utterly vanished when I moved to an Intel chipset. VIA forums are > > rife with complaints about said chips. > > > > With a box that has 4 tuner cards in it, trying a different > > motherboard shouldn't be an issue. A swap out should take 10-15 > > minutes.... > > > > On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:50:45 -0800 > > "Rich Kadel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ivtv-devel mailing list > ivtv-devel@ivtvdriver.org > http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-devel _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list ivtv-devel@ivtvdriver.org http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-devel
