Try this patch and see if it fixes the error in Myth, let me know if it
works.

diff -ru ivtv-0.3.2q/driver/ivtv-osd.c ivtv-0.3.2r/driver/ivtv-osd.c
--- ivtv-0.3.2q/driver/ivtv-osd.c       2005-03-31 09:44:15.000000000 -0600
+++ ivtv-0.3.2r/driver/ivtv-osd.c       2005-04-02 18:13:28.000000000 -0600
@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@
                int ret = 0;

                /* Just use buffers, user space buffers are too small */
-               cmd = IVTVFB_IOCTL_PREP_FRAME_BUF;
+               //cmd = IVTVFB_IOCTL_PREP_FRAME_BUF;

                if (copy_from_user(&args, (void *)arg, sizeof(args)))
                        return -EFAULT;


Thanks,
Chris
On Sat, Apr 02, 2005 at 03:29:58PM -0800, Louie Ilievski wrote:
> On Saturday 02 April 2005 08:59 am, Chris Kennedy wrote:
> > This should be fixed in 0.3.2p now, try that to see if it really fixes
> > it for you too.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chris
> >
> 
> Chris,
> 
> I've tried 0.3.2.p and q, and both have fixed my DMA errors, which was very 
> exciting.  However, these drivers cause another playback issue, in MythTV at 
> least.  I'm running CVS Myth and when playing videos back, when I skip 
> commercials or perform some kind of jump, about 80%-90% of the time it'll 
> jump to the new point, but freeze.  Sometimes I can just press pause and then 
> play again and it'll continue, but most of the time it becomes unresponsive 
> and I need to SSH into the box and restart the frontend.  I noticed a couple 
> other people on the Myth mailing lists had this problem too.  So, for now, I 
> need to stick with something older (running 0.3.2f right now, which plays 
> back properly, but still gives some DMA errors).
> 
> So, it seems something in the new changes is doing this, but I'm not sure if 
> it's the DMA code or what.  Also, note that there is not a single error 
> message that pops up in dmesg or anything else when the video does freeze.
> 
> I'm running a PVR-350 with framebuffer on an Intel mobo. (forgot to mention 
> that)



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 Chris Kennedy / [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Engineer KMOS-TV/KTBG-FM
  Broadcasting Services Department
  Central Missouri State University


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