[linux-dvb] Re: 2 same budgets don't work

["Aurelian Pop" <puiu@cs.tut.fi>]

> > Any ideas if there is something wrong with my cards or in the
> > driver? Or am I just doing something wrong. The system detects
> > two cards and is partially able to use them both. But getting
> > stream out of both at the same time is a problem.
> > 
> > //jani
> 
> I have seen such effect as well. 2 same budget-type cards
> don't work as far as I can tell. (it's not only on DVB but it 
> also appiles to dvb-kernel). There's some confilct in the
> data structures describing software demux, some things that
> should be separated for each budget cards seem to be shared
> by both and therefore both can't work at the same time.
> 

Well, I was able to make 4 budget cards work, and I am now testing 5.

> 2 different budget cards may work but if you insmod it only
> once. If you rmmod drivers, insmod again and rmmod,
> it second time it will give kernel oops when using 2 different
> types of budget cards.
> 

I have not encountered such problems with insmoding (though, I agree
something goes terribly wrong after 5 or more times of insmod/rmmod).
Regarding the 2 different types of cards, that is my experience also.

Br,
Aurelian



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