>> Hi,
>> I'm trying to get my Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 to work, but I only get loads
>> of
>> "DMA TIMEOUT 00000003 0" messages and accordingly the LifeTV and recordings
>> are more than choppy.
>> I've followed the suggestions on this mailing list (like setting DMA in BIOS
>> and hdparm,
>> changing PCI latencies and buffers, using different kernel and ivtv
>> versions), but nothing helps.
>> Right now I'm on 2.6.24 with ivtv version 1.1.0.
>> My server has a Compact Flash card as hda, which apparently doesn't support
>> DMA. But all ivtv streams
>> go to/via a "real" hard disk (hdc or hdd) on the second IDE controller. If I
>> understand dmesg correctly,
>> they're running in DMA mode, but PIO is also mentioned.
>> Could there be an issue?
>> Any help is appreciated!
>> ...
>>
> Idoubt that this has anything to do with your problem. I have
> mentioned PIO mode several times in this list but I was talking about
> using PIO instead of DMA with your ivtv driver.
>
> John
Thanks, John, but ivtv in PIO mode unfortunately is not an option for my old
Pentium III - 600 MHz ...
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