Ingo Schneider wrote: > I now did a very different test: > While running the backup with dump, I used the "echo" port to measure > how long it takes for a character to be echoed back to my second machine, > and then immediately writing the next character. > > And while the log indicated that there was no SAA7146 interrupt for > 70ms, the longest time measured for getting the character back was 16 ms > (tested for 3 minutes with 400000 roundtrips). > > It seems that the SAA7146 Interrupts are delayed for a very long time > while the rest of the system runs fine - very strange ! Hm - could you please upload the .config of your running kernel somewhere and post the link? Oliver -- -------------------------------------------------------- VDR Remote Plugin available at http://www.escape-edv.de/endriss/vdr/ -------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb