[linux-dvb] Re: EBUSY error when setting filter for PAT

[Mike Lampard <mike@secnet.net.au>]

On Monday 22 November 2004 04:21, Johannes Stezenbach wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 03:53:13AM +1030, Mike Lampard wrote:
> > I'm in the process of rewriting the xine dvb plugin, and have a few users
> > receiving EBUSY when the plugin sets a filter via DMX_OUT_TAP on pid 0.
> > From the dvb-api documentation, it states that this error occurs when
> > there are active filters from another input source.  I suppose my
> > question is this: under what circumstances could this occur?  Do only
> > full-featured cards have problems in this regard?
>
> Are you sure you want section data output via DMX_OUT_TAP?
>
> Anyway, with current drivers it should work. If you load the dvb-ttpic
> driver with hw_sections=1 it will not work to set a DMX_OUT_TAP or
> DMX_OUT_TS_TAP filter on the same PID where a section filter is
> already running. (The current driver doesn't handle this error
> correctly, however, you'll get an error in the kernel log and no
> data, but no EBUSY.)

ahh.... thanks for the info.  I'll use a section filter instead (which I ought 
to have done originally).  

Cheers
Mike
>
> Johannes