On Sun, 2011-05-15 at 14:48 +0200, Ramon Hofer wrote:
> Hi list
> 
> I have a WinTV PVR 500 and the "ivtv0: DMA TIMEOUT" problem which I'm 
> trying to solve for several months now.
> After reading through wikis, forum and mailing posts but I'm still not 
> sure where the problem could be.

Here's the fix:

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=d213ad08362909ab50fbd6568fcc9fd568268d29

I'm not sure what kernel version it went into, but it is certainly not
in kernel v2.6.32.


>  Maybe I'll have to send the card back 
> as it could be broken or maybe there's just a little configuration I 
> can't get right?

Nope.  It's an ivtv driver bug in the way a DMA_TIMEOUT error condition
is handled.

The exact reason why you get DMA_TIMEOUT errors in the first place is a
function of your system hardware and its configuration and use.  Usually
one of the PCI bridges is to blame.  There is nothing that can usefully
be done in the ivtv driver about that, since it is a system level issue.


> I'd really appreciate any help :-)


> $ uname -a
> Linux media-server 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Mar 7 21:35:22 UTC 2011 
> x86_64 GNU/Linux

Regards,
Andy


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