On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Steve Engman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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! > Cheers, > Steve > > ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx > PIIX4: IDE controller (0x8086:0x7111 rev 0x01) at PCI slot 0000:00:14.1 > PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later > ide0: BM-DMA at 0x2040-0x2047, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio > ide1: BM-DMA at 0x2048-0x204f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA > Probing IDE interface ide0... > hda: RITEK MODEL, ATA DISK drive > hda: applying conservative PIO "downgrade" > hda: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO1 > hda: MWDMA2 mode selected > ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 > Probing IDE interface ide1... > hdc: ST3250820A, ATA DISK drive > hdc: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4 > hdc: UDMA/33 mode selected > hdd: WDC WD2000JB-00FUA0, ATA DISK drive > hdd: host max PIO4 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4 > hdd: UDMA/33 mode selected > ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 > I doubt 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.
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