[linux-dvb] Re: [POLL] kdvb-fe, tune at initialisation, power management

[Wolfgang Wershofen <wolfgang@wershofen.com>]

Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2002 at 12:56 Holger Waechtler wrote:

> Wolfgang Wershofen wrote:
>> Dienstag, 29. Oktober 2002 at 10:13 Holger Waechtler wrote:
>> 
>> (...)
>> 
>> 
>>>The bad thing is that you explicitly have to disable power management 
>>>for networking over DVB (or run an application all the time which 
>>>processes frontend events;)
>> 
>> 
(...)

>> So I think, one has to decide between dial-on-demand and power
>> management, when you apply the suggested changes. That's no problem for
>> me but may be for others. Wouldn't it be possible to introduce some kind
>> of driver option, with which the user can enable or disable power
>> management according to his/her needs?

> it's there, the parameter is called dvb_shutdown_timeout. When you pass 
> a value of zero the frontend will always keep it's power.

Perfect. That's it.
So, from my point of view: Go ahead and apply the changes.

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Best regards
Wolfgang Wershofen                            mailto:wolfgang@wershofen.com



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