Chris, Thank you! I will apply it this evening and let you know how it works.
-Ed -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Kennedy Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 10:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ivtv-devel] Kick-starting PVR-350? Try this patch, actually anyone with problems freezing in Myth, Decoding/OSD interactions. This works off an Idea from John Harvey, and maybe will fix problems, since you can trigger the problem so easily this is really good to test, please let me know how it works and if it's better/worse. diff -ru ivtv-0.3.2v/driver/ivtv-kthreads.c ivtv-0.3.2w/driver/ivtv-kthreads.c --- ivtv-0.3.2v/driver/ivtv-kthreads.c 2005-04-05 10:37:26.000000000 -0500 +++ ivtv-0.3.2w/driver/ivtv-kthreads.c 2005-04-13 09:33:14.000000000 +++ -0500 @@ -905,8 +905,12 @@ /* Unlock stream */ clear_bit(IVTV_F_S_DMAP, &stream->s_flags); - /* Wake up next OSD/DEC DMA in wait */ - wake_up(&stream->waitq); + /* Wake up next OSD if no decoder DMA needed */ + if (!test_bit(IVTV_F_S_NEEDS_DATA, &stream->s_flags)) + wake_up(&stream->udma.waitq); + else /* Wake up next DEC DMA in wait */ + wake_up(&stream->waitq); + pio_skip: /* Decoder PIO Mode */ if (itv->dma_cfg.dec_pio) { diff -ru ivtv-0.3.2v/driver/ivtv-osd.c ivtv-0.3.2w/driver/ivtv-osd.c --- ivtv-0.3.2v/driver/ivtv-osd.c 2005-04-06 12:03:30.000000000 -0500 +++ ivtv-0.3.2w/driver/ivtv-osd.c 2005-04-13 09:32:29.000000000 -0500 @@ -826,8 +826,11 @@ clear_bit(DMA_IN_USE, &stream->udma.u_flags); clear_bit(IVTV_F_S_DMAP, &stream->s_flags); - /* Wake up next OSD/DEC DMA in wait */ - wake_up(&stream->udma.waitq); + /* Wake up next OSD if no decoder DMA needed */ + if (!test_bit(IVTV_F_S_NEEDS_DATA, &stream->s_flags)) + wake_up(&stream->udma.waitq); + else /* Wake up next DEC DMA in wait */ + wake_up(&stream->waitq); return ret; } Thanks, Chris On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 10:12:48AM -0400, Birrane, Edward J. wrote: > Hey all, > > Last night, while fast forwarding through a recorded show, my > PVR-350 locked up and started spitting > > "1000 ms time out waiting for firmware" and > "Failed api call 0x00000044 with result 0xfffffff0" > > errors out. > > I'm running MythTV on FC3 (2.6.10-1.770_14.rhfc3.at), and ivtv > 0.3.2.s and used Jarod's guide for the install. I've also done the > suggested tweak of making the power button kill the mythfrontend and > restart it. The problem was, I could kill and restart the > mythfrontend, but the pvr-350 was just not going to work and I > eventually had to reboot, which is a shame because I had been running > for something like 2 weeks with no problems. > > My question is, when the pvr gets so locked up, is there a set of > ivtvctl calls that can be made to reset it? I'd love to just add some > ctl calls to my power button script to re-set the tuner on "soft > restart". I can't unload ivtv or ivtv-fb because it is in use, as I > use the PVR-350 tv out for my screen. > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Also, do any driver versions support stable commercial skipping? I > need to FF through commercials because my 350 locks up pretty reliably > after 2 or 3 commercial skips. > > -Ed > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real > users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start > reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > ivtv-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel -- --- Chris Kennedy / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Engineer KMOS-TV/KTBG-FM Broadcasting Services Department Central Missouri State University ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=ick _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel
