On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Guy Martin <gmsoft@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:45:39 +0200 > André Weidemann <Andre.Weidemann@xxxxxx> wrote: > >> I advise not to pull this change into the kernel sources. >> The card has only been testet with the a maximum current of 515mA. >> Anything above is outside the specification for this card. > > > I'm currently running two of these cards in the same box with this > patch. > Actually, later on I've even set curlim = SEC_CURRENT_LIM_OFF because > sometimes diseqc wasn't working fine and that seemed to solve the > problem. I would advise to not do this: since disabling current limiting etc will cause a large problem in the case of a short circuit thereby no protection to the hardware. In such an event, it could probably damage the tracks carrying power on the card as well as the tracks on the motherboard, and in some cases the gold finches themselves and or the PCI connector. Generally, there are only a few devices capable of sourcing > 0.5A, So I wonder .... Regards, Manu -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
