[linux-dvb] Re: Holding tuned frequency after szap!

[Johannes Stezenbach <js@convergence.de>]

Andrew de Quincey wrote:
> On Wednesday 03 March 2004 17:06, Kelvin Woods wrote:
> > I'm sure I've read (on this list I believe) that after you tune your DVB
> > card with szap the card will lose the frequency after a few seconds.
> > This indeed is easily observable. If you don't keep szap running the
> > card loses the frequency with several seconds. I believe that some
> > method has been offered on how to prevent this. Does anyone here know
> > what that might be?
> 
> options dvb-core dvb_shutdown_timeout=0 

BTW, I'm not sure what this timeout is good for at all. IMHO one
either wants the frontend power to stay on when the frontend
is closed (i.e. power down only when someone explicitly uses the
appropriate ioctl), or one wants to power down immediately.

Johannes


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