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

[Andrew de Quincey <adq_dvb@lidskialf.net>]

On Wednesday 03 March 2004 21:42, Johannes Stezenbach wrote:
> 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.

Yeah, I've often wondered that.

Anyone have any reason to keep it? If not, I'll remove and replace it with a 
single module parameter in my next experimental patch version.


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