[vdr] Re: final solution to the signalless operation problemfound!! -> testers+RFC required

[a.share@t-online.de (Andreas Share)]

> On Wednesday 24 March 2004 21:59, Andreas Share wrote:
> > this is only an workaround for use without signal...because you canīt do
> > anything against bad weather conditions or some other things causes a
less
> > good signal the ARM (firmware) *must* never crashed under this
conditions.
> > And, so many other receivers around use the the frontend and tuner,
without
> > such problems.
> >
> > Because the older driver works much more solid under this conditions,
only
> > 3+4 could cause the problems.
>
> Has this bug been introduced by the time-shifting firmware?
> If this holds true, the bug _can_ be fixed in the firmware.
> One of the firmware gurus should have a look what has changed there or
> these problems will never end.

Yes, only upgrading the driver (to API3) and vdr "introduced" the errors on
my system, without any change in my hardware;)

> BTW, I tested no-signal operation with a DVB-S 1.3 and a DVB-S 2.1.
> The 1.3 always crashes after a short time while the 2.1 has no problems
> at all. I'll have a look on the tuner output with an oscilloscope as
> soon as my time permits.

The 2.1 seems to be less sensible then the 1.3er...but the problem also
exist, especialy in form of UPT errors. There were also many reports from
DVB-C and DVB-T user with the same problems (but other frontends).

Andreas



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