On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 08:22:22AM +0200, Valsecchi Patrick wrote: > > In my kind of application (monitoring) I don't really care if I loose > some packets. Would it be possible to reset the firmware when that > happens? That's what I wanted to try to do by closing the firmware and > re-opening it. > > Maybe when can trigger that reset when the "waiting for command idle" > problem appears. Then send back the tune command. That way, we recover > the card without manual operations and without the user level to > notice it (maybe a slower tune, though). Or, if you guys think it's > too radical, maybe add a reset ioctl. That way, the user level can > solve the problem by itself.
Well, the "ARM crashed!" message means that the reset is already happening, but the code which should do error recovery is obviously broken. > I'll try to find a "budget" card. Seems like those are a bit more stable, isn't it? Yes. At least there is no closed source firmware on them. And they are capable of capturing full transport streams for analysis. Johannes -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe linux-dvb" as subject.
