[linux-dvb] Re: Fwd: Re: DEBI irq oops, crashes: kernel 2.6 &Hyperthreading unusable with DVB

[Udo Wolter <uwp@dicke-aersche.de>]

On Mon, 3 May 2004, Maurice [ISO-8859-1] Müller wrote:

> > What does hw_sections=0 stands for ?
>
> You might want to take a look at
> [kernel path]/drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/av7110.c. At the end of the file
> all possible kernel parameters are mentioned. For hw_sections it says:
>
> | MODULE_PARM_DESC(hw_sections, "0 use software section filter, 1 use
> |   hardware");

I have seen this comment. But I don't understand the meaning. What exactly
is this filtering ? BTW, hw_sections=0 seems to be more stable. At least
2.4 has been running all night recording 3 channels at once with just
some few messages and no crash. Next night I'll test this modules option
with 2.6.6rc3.

Mermgfurt,
		Udo
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