[linux-dvb] Re: dvb-kernel bugs

[Holger Waechtler <holger@convergence.de>]

Niklas Peinecke wrote:
> Wolfgang Thiel wrote:
>
> > Many thanks to all of you trying to track down my problems with the 
> > SS2:-)
> >
> > My configuration:
> >  - Debian Gnu/Linux running a 2.4.22 kernel from ftp.kernel.org.
> >  - gcc 2.95.4 (Debian)
> >  - one FF card (frontend: ves1x93: Alps-BSRV)
> >  - one SS2 card  rev. 2.6B (frontend: stv0229)
> >  - drivers: dvb-kernel CVS 031116
> >  - dvbstream from CVS Dvbtools 031114, patched to *not* close the
> >    frontend if not requested from the command line (the current dvbstream
> >    seems to have the same default now as well.)  - scan and szap from 
> > from linuxtv-dvb-1.0.1.tar.gz
> >
> > For my tests, I only loaded the modules needed for the SS2, *not* the
> > ones needed for the FF.
> >
> > I didn't have much time yet, but so far I can tell:
> > - I found no way to get the full transport stream, no matter how many 
> > (valid)
> >   pids dvbstream was supposed to stream, with the last being 8192
> >   [I used 30w, 11811v, with its (radio) pids 256-...]
>
> Looking at the code I'd say that the driver supports 6 hardware PID 
> filters. If you open more than 6 at a time, it should dump the whole 
> stream, IMO the 7th PID should not be 8192 but another legal value. 8192 
> is caught nowhere in the code, I cannot say what effect it could have -- 
> maybe it's just taken as another 0 PID.
For pid = 0x2000 and more used filters than available you should enable 
passing all packets by calling OpenWholeBandwidth(). Can you please do 
so and prepare a patch?

Holger



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