[linux-dvb] Re: stability problems + closing and re-opening the frontend

[Andrew de Quincey <adq_dvb@lidskialf.net>]

> > Once it has gone into that bad state, how do you get it out 
> > of it again? Does 
> > it need a reboot, or a reload of the drivers....?
> 
> Restarting the process is enough. No need of re-loading the module. If you 
> want, I can provide some logs with dvb-core in debug. Maybe you can look at
> the test software to see if I do something wrong...  

You shouldn't be able to break the driver from userspace though; I'll take a 
look if the snapshot I just sent you doesn't help.

> Yes, still an unpatched 2.6.4 Linux kernel. I didn't see any DVB change in
> the 2.6.5. I would be more than happy to test with a newer version. That's
> a pain to do Linux development without CVS access!

Ouch! Must be. 
Yeah, the newer dvb-kernel stuff isn't in the mainline kernel yet as far as I 
know.


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