cx18 driver users: In this repository: http://linuxtv.org/hg/~awalls/cx18-mmio-fixes/ is a change to the cx18 driver to (hopefully) improve reliability of CX23418 based cards operation in linux. If all goes will, this change will supersede the "mmio_ndelay" hack, which I hope to phase out. This change adds checks and retries to all PCI MMIO access to the CX23418 chip and adds a new module parameter 'retry_mmio' which is enabled by default. With this change, the module defaults are set so the following statements are equivalent: # modprobe cx18 # modprobe cx18 retry_mmio=1 mmio_ndelay=0 With checks and retries enabled, limited experiments have shown a card operates properly in my old Intel 82801AA based motherboard with this fix in place. I found that the mmio_ndelay parameter has little or no effect with these checks and retires enabled. Experiments have also shown that, if you have previously had a problem with the cx18 driver/CX23418 in your system, then # modprobe cx18 retry_mmio=0 mmio_delay=(something) can put the CX23418 in a state, such that a reset is required to have the unit respond properly again when trying to reload cx18 driver another time. (So my advice is don't turn off retry_mmio.) If you've had to use the mmio_ndelay parameter in the past to get the card to work for you, or your card has never worked for you, please let me know how this patch works for you. Regards, Andy _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
