[linux-dvb] Re: Problems with WinTV NOVA-CI

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

On Tuesday 14 Dec 2004 09:38, Werner Hauger wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:20:31 +0000, Andrew de Quincey
>
> <adq_dvb@lidskialf.net> wrote:
> > I also never saw this behaviour when I was developing the budget_ci
> > driver for the TT Nova-S-CI.
>
> Yes, I know from the mailing list archives that you developed the
> budget_ci driver. Thank you for taking the time to make this card
> fully supported under Linux. But this also means you would be the best
> person to ask about my second problem. I know the CI init code is
> still commented out, so what are the reasons/problems ? Did you test
> VDR with the CI code ? As stated in my first post, it works fine on
> the first channel, but subsequent channels only work when the CAM is
> reset after a channel switch. What debugging info can I enable/add in
> the driver to help locate the problem ? I get the feeling the CAM does
> not respond properly any more after going into the decoding state.

Are you using 2.6? If so, CVS HEAD has had the CAM stuff uncommented for a 
long time with various bug fixes for crashes and timeouts.

When you say reset the cam, what do you mean exactly?