[linux-dvb] Re: Nice to have features for VDR ....

[Matthias Weingart <matthias@pentax.boerde.de>]

On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Andreas 'Count' Kotes wrote:

> > > btw, am I the only one who has problems with multi-diggit channels using
> > > lirc? I sometimes can't touch in the number fast enough, and get onto a
> > > wrong channel .. or some presses get lost .. I'm using a d-box remote
> > > control, maybe that is the problem?
> > 
> > Enable DMA for your harddisc. (hdparm)
> 
> uhm .. how should this change the behaviour of the lirc remote control? I'm
> playing via an smb mounted filesystem, by the way ...

Other interrupts can block the IR-decoding routine. If they lasts to long
in the interrupt thread, the IR routine will lose some characters - most
commonly IDE-adapters have this behaviour, maybe other drivers too. With
DMA enabled for the HD this should be better.

        Matthias




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