[linux-dvb] Re: av7110_send_fw_cmd error ect.

[Guido Fiala <gfiala@s.netic.de>]

Am Saturday 20 March 2004 00:27 schrieb Johannes Stezenbach:
> Things are not so easy, because some kinds of messages are first
> pushed into a message queue and executed later. So the last
> command from the PC might not be the one which caused the ARM crash.
>
> Specifically COMTYPE_PIDFILTER commands (MultiPID etc.) are queued.
> The 0x0100 then means that the ARM crashed before it could push the
> command into the message queue (or while doing it).

Well - how about a safety-logic in firmware that throws away any command if 
still not completed after x seconds? (kindof watchdog but no reset if 
possible to avoid...)

Guido


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