[linux-dvb] need to hold fronend device open

[Nico Sabbi]

Il Tuesday 04 December 2007 08:10:26 Iilluzion Shadow ha scritto:
> Hi there!
> I appreciated for good staff you develop.
>
> The question is:
> is it a bug or feature that to be able to have dvbnet device
> operational to be able to get traffic i need to have frontend
> device to be held open by a user process?
>
> env:
>   dvb card: TT-budget S-1401
>   budget module from kernel 2.6.22
>   linuxtv-dvb-apps-1.1.1
>
> OK. some examples.
>
> successful example 1
> 1. szap -n 1    - successfully locks a signal and continually
> monitors signal strength
>   1.2 meanwhile [kdvb-fe-0] is being hold open
> 2. dvbnet        - successfully makes a dvb0_0 device
> 3. ifconfig       - successfully initializes dvb device
> 4. tcpdump    - gives traffic
>
> unsuccessful example 2
>
> 1. szap -n 1 -x - lock a signal and stops
> 2,3. dvbnet and ifconfig - make dvb0_0
> 4. tcpdump - shows NO traffic
>
> reason:  [kdvb-fe-0] is not being hold open
> workaround: keep szap going placing it into background with &.
>    szap -n 1 > /dev/null 2>&1 &
>
> so it seems i have to keep [kdvb-fe-0] making szap running
>

if you want to keep the frontend open load dvb_core with the parameter
dvb_shutdown_timeout=0