> Hi all, > > I would appreciate it if people could start testing the latest ivtv on > the 0.10 branch, available here: > > http://ivtvdriver.org/viewcvs/ivtv/branches/0.10.tar.gz?view=tar > > The current driver has a problem with copying data from the MPEG card to > memory that are done using PIO instead of DMA (for good reasons). > Unfortunately PIO accesses are slow, so too much time is spent inside > the interrupt handler. This can lead to missing clock ticks and > problems with remotes (key hits that are missed). > > The patch I've committed moves these PIO copies to a separate handler > outside the interrupt handler, so this should solve these problems. > > However, I did not have much time to test it thoroughly, so I'd very > much appreciate it if people could start testing this and report > whether or not any new problems were introduced. > > This patch is also queued for the 2.6.22 kernel, by the way. > > If this change solves the problems that I've mentioned above, then I'll > make a new 0.10.3 release in two weeks time. > > Thanks, > > Hans >
Hi, I installed this version this morning on my mythtv box (2 PVR350's). So far no problems at all, everything is working fine for me. Thanks, Stanley. _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] http://ivtvdriver.org/mailman/listinfo/ivtv-devel
