[linux-dvb] bt878(0): IRQ lockup, cleared int mask

[Matt]

David Johnson wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I'm using a Nebula DVB-T PCI card with the mt352 frontend [1] and am having 
>problems with the card stopping sending data. I'm using the DVB drivers in 
>kernel 2.6.13-rc4, which are very close to if not identical to those in the 
>current dvb-kernel CVS.
>
>I'm using mplayer as a viewer (I've tried with others too and get the same 
>issue, so I'm confident this isn't a viewer bug) which starts up OK and I can 
>watch TV. However after a random time, normally between 10 seconds and 10 
>minutes, the card stops sending data and mplayer dies:
>
>dvb_streaming_read, attempt N. 6 failed with errno 0 when reading 1640 bytes
>dvb_streaming_read, attempt N. 5 failed with errno 0 when reading 1640 bytes
>dvb_streaming_read, attempt N. 4 failed with errno 0 when reading 1640 bytes
>dvb_streaming_read, attempt N. 3 failed with errno 0 when reading 1640 bytes
>dvb_streaming_read, attempt N. 2 failed with errno 0 when reading 1640 bytes
>dvb_streaming_read, attempt N. 1 failed with errno 0 when reading 1640 bytes
>dvb_streaming_read, attempt N. 6 failed with errno 0 when reading 2048 bytes
>dvb_streaming_read, attempt N. 5 failed with errno 0 when reading 2048 bytes
>dvb_streaming_read, attempt N. 4 failed with errno 0 when reading 2048 bytes
>dvb_streaming_read, attempt N. 3 failed with errno 0 when reading 2048 bytes
>dvb_streaming_read, attempt N. 2 failed with errno 0 when reading 2048 bytes
>dvb_streaming_read, attempt N. 1 failed with errno 0 when reading 2048 bytes
>dvb_streaming_read, return 0 bytes
>TS_PARSE: COULDN'T SYNC
>
>As I'm watching TV, I'm getting lots of the following messages in demsg:
>
>bt878(0): irq FDSR FBUS risc_pc=1fc66010
>bt878(0): irq FBUS risc_pc=1fc66158
>bt878(0): irq FBUS risc_pc=1fc66158
>bt878(0): irq FBUS risc_pc=1fc66040
>bt878(0): irq FBUS risc_pc=1fc66040
>bt878(0): irq FBUS risc_pc=1fc66198
>bt878(0): irq FBUS risc_pc=1fc661a0
>bt878(0): irq FBUS risc_pc=1fc66080
>bt878(0): irq FDSR FBUS risc_pc=1fc660b8
>bt878(0): irq FBUS risc_pc=1fc66170
>bt878(0): irq FBUS risc_pc=1fc66210
>bt878(0): irq FDSR FBUS risc_pc=1fc66210
>bt878(0): irq FDSR FBUS risc_pc=1fc66210
>bt878(0): irq FDSR FBUS risc_pc=1fc66210
>bt878(0): irq FDSR FBUS risc_pc=1fc66210
>bt878(0): irq FDSR FBUS risc_pc=1fc66210
>bt878(0): irq FDSR FBUS risc_pc=1fc66210
>bt878(0): irq FDSR FBUS risc_pc=1fc66210
>bt878(0): irq FDSR FBUS risc_pc=1fc66210
>bt878(0): irq FDSR FBUS risc_pc=1fc66210
>bt878(0): irq FDSR FBUS risc_pc=1fc66210
>bt878(0): irq FDSR FBUS risc_pc=1fc66210
>bt878(0): irq FDSR FBUS risc_pc=1fc66210
>bt878(0): irq FDSR FBUS risc_pc=1fc66210
>bt878(0): irq FDSR FBUS risc_pc=1fc66210
>bt878(0): irq FDSR FBUS risc_pc=1fc66210
>bt878(0): irq FDSR FBUS risc_pc=1fc66210
>bt878(0): irq FDSR FBUS risc_pc=1fc66210
>bt878(0): irq FDSR FBUS risc_pc=1fc66210
>bt878(0): irq FDSR FBUS risc_pc=1fc66210
>bt878(0): irq FDSR FBUS risc_pc=1fc66210
>bt878(0): irq FDSR FBUS risc_pc=1fc66210
>
>Then when the card stops sending data and mplayer dies, I get the following in 
>dmesg:
>
>bt878(0): IRQ lockup, cleared int mask
>
>If I restart mplayer it opens the card fine and I can carry on where I left 
>off - until it happens again.
>
>Any advice would be greatfully received and I'd be more than happy to help 
>debug this if it's a bug (as long as someone tells me how!).
>
>Thanks in advance,
>David.
>
>[1] made to work using the code from this patch: 
>http://www.linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2005-April/001479.html
>
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>
I had exactly the same problem with a avermedia 771 with the same front 
end. The way I fixed it was to edit drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/bt878.c on 
line 330 changing 20 to 120, this number I think is the number of errors 
a device can handle before giving up, a better solution would be to 
attempt to restart the stream rather than simply stopping it.

Matt