[vdr] CAM auto resetting - feature request??

[Simon Baxter]

>> Occasionally one of the CAMs seems to "crash" and if I go into Setup >
>> CAM one of the CAMs changes from "Alphacrypt" to "CAM Ready" - and will
>> no longer decrypt channels.  I then correspondingly get a bunch of timer
>> conflicts, as 1/2 my CAM resources have vanished.  Only ever one CAM
>> fails, never both.
>>
>> I rectify this by selecting the CAM, and then hitting "reset" (sometimes
>> a couple of times) - and it comes back.
>>
>> Unless I go into the Setup > CAM menu, I'm unaware that the CAM has
>> "crashed".
>>
>>
>> My request is......
>> Is there a way I can either
>> 1)Automatically reset a CAM if it falls into this state
>>
>> or
>>
>> 2)Be notified, by generating a console/kernel message, so I can know to
>> come in and fix this.
>>
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
> I would prefer alternative 3: find out why the CAM "crashes" and fix that 
> ;-)
>
> Klaus

I was afraid that might be the suggestion!

It seems pretty random when the CAM will crash.  It is possible it's only on 
certain channels, and only one of the CAMs - it only happens very rarely....