On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 14:36 -0500, Devin Heitmueller wrote:
>
> It would be good if you could provide some actual data regarding
> before and after the patch. Typically I run Kaffeine from the command
> line, which prints out the tuning time to stdout. For example, here
> are the times Robert saw when he tested my patch:
>
> Before the change:
> Tuning delay: 2661 ms
> Tuning delay: 474 ms
> Tuning delay: 472 ms
> Tuning lock fail after 5000ms
> Tuning delay: 2000 ms
> Tuning delay: 2685 ms
> Tuning delay: 475 ms
>
> After the change:
> Tuning delay: 594 ms
> Tuning delay: 570 ms
> Tuning delay: 574 ms
> Tuning delay: 671 ms
> Tuning delay: 570 ms
> Tuning delay: 673 ms
>
> If you could provide something comparable, it would be useful.
For OTA ATSC 8-VSB with an HVR-1600 MCE:
Without the change:
$ ./tune
Commanding tune to freq 479028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 1.416984 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 551028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 1.389922 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 569028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 2.783927 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 587028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 1.391952 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 593028615 ... NO lock after 2.999655 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 599028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 1.568240 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 605028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 1.390964 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 623028615 ... NO lock after 2.999656 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 677028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 2.963289 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 695028615 ... NO lock after 2.999618 seconds.
With the change:
$ ./tune
Commanding tune to freq 479028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 1.323542 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 551028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 1.293956 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 569028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 1.292931 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 587028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 1.292973 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 593028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 1.292920 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 599028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 1.293977 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 605028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 1.292940 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 623028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 1.292949 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 677028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 1.293948 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 695028615 ... NO lock after 2.999659 seconds.
No lock was expected for 695 MHz in either case - it was known negative.
Since I was to lazy to get Kaffeine to work properly, I wrote my own
test app. It is inline below so you can see how I measured the time.
Regards,
Andy
/*
* tune.c - Measure the time to tune some hardcoded ATSC OTA channels
* Copyright (C) 2009 Andy Walls
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*
* Author: Andy Walls <awalls@xxxxxxxxx>
*
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/select.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <linux/dvb/frontend.h>
unsigned int test_freq[] = {
479028615,
551028615,
569028615,
587028615,
593028615,
599028615,
605028615,
623028615,
677028615,
695028615,
0
};
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int fd, ret, i;
struct dtv_property task[3];
struct dtv_properties tasks;
struct timeval tv, stv, etv;
int n, watch;
fd_set efds;
struct dvb_frontend_event fev;
fd = open("/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0", O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK);
if (fd < 0) {
perror("open");
exit(1);
}
tasks.props = task;
/* Basic ATSC 8-VSB setup */
task[0].cmd = DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM;
task[0].u.data = SYS_ATSC;
task[0].result = 0;
task[1].cmd = DTV_MODULATION;
task[1].u.data = VSB_8;
task[1].result = 0;
tasks.num = 2;
ret = ioctl(fd, FE_SET_PROPERTY, &tasks);
if (ret < 0) {
perror("FE_SET_PROPERTY");
close(fd);
exit(2);
}
ret = 0;
for(i = 0; i < tasks.num; i++) {
if (task[i].result < 0)
ret = task[i].result;
}
if (ret < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to set ATSC 8-VSB modulation.\n");
close(fd);
exit(3);
}
/* Tune test loop */
task[0].cmd = DTV_FREQUENCY;
task[1].cmd = DTV_TUNE;
task[1].u.data = 0;
for(i = 0; test_freq[i] != 0; i++) {
/* Tune to next freq */
task[0].u.data = test_freq[i];
task[0].result = 0;
task[1].result = 0;
tasks.num = 2;
printf("Commanding tune to freq %u ... ", task[0].u.data);
gettimeofday(&stv, NULL);
ret = ioctl(fd, FE_SET_PROPERTY, &tasks);
if (ret < 0 || task[0].result < 0 || task[1].result < 0) {
putchar('\n');
perror("FE_SET_PROPERTY");
fprintf(stderr, "failed commanding tune to freq %u\n",
task[0].u.data);
continue;
}
/* Look for a frontend LOCK */
watch = 1;
while (watch) {
FD_ZERO(&efds);
FD_SET(fd, &efds);
tv.tv_sec = 3;
tv.tv_usec = 0;
n = select(fd+1, NULL, NULL, &efds, &tv);
if (n < 0) {
if (errno == EINTR)
continue;
putchar('\n');
perror("select");
fprintf(stderr,
"error waiting for a frontend event\n");
break;
}
if (n == 0) {
gettimeofday(&etv, NULL);
if (stv.tv_usec > etv.tv_usec) {
etv.tv_sec -= 1;
etv.tv_usec += 1000000;
}
etv.tv_usec -= stv.tv_usec;
etv.tv_sec -= stv.tv_sec;
printf("NO lock after %u.%06u seconds.\n",
etv.tv_sec, etv.tv_usec);
break;
}
/* Pull off all the frontend events */
fev.status = (fe_status_t) 0;
etv.tv_sec = 0; etv.tv_usec = 0;
while (1) {
ret = ioctl(fd, FE_GET_EVENT, &fev);
if (ret < 0) {
if (errno == EOVERFLOW) {
/* overflow warning */
continue;
}
if (errno == EWOULDBLOCK) {
/* event queue is empty now */
break;
}
/* bad error, stop waiting for events */
putchar('\n');
perror("FE_GET_EVENT");
watch = 0;
break;
}
/* Scan for the first LOCK status */
if (!watch || !(fev.status & FE_HAS_LOCK))
continue;
gettimeofday(&etv, NULL);
if (stv.tv_usec > etv.tv_usec) {
etv.tv_sec -= 1;
etv.tv_usec += 1000000;
}
etv.tv_usec -= stv.tv_usec;
etv.tv_sec -= stv.tv_sec;
printf("FE_HAS_LOCK in %u.%06u seconds.\n",
etv.tv_sec, etv.tv_usec);
watch = 0;
}
}
}
close(fd);
exit(0);
}
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