[linux-dvb] Re: video + net with Nexus

[emard@softhome.net]

Alexandre CONRAD writes: 
> Hello, 
> I was wondering if all these patches you guys are working on (specially 
> Emard) for a few weeks would fix my issue : I want to read mpegs from disk 
> using the ntuxplayer application from Metzlerbros, and set up the dvb0_0 
> interface (with dvbnet for example) for downloading files. The last time I 
> tried that, it crashed my kernel. It starts downloading for a few minutes, 
> then crash. (kernel panic, blinking keyboard leds, etc...).
Is it saved TS which has MPEG and network IP component and when
you play it back, you want to watch mpeg and also download offline? 
Or you want to play some independent video from disk and use network
online? 
if your nexus is dvb-s type of card then my patches are not of
much help, only effective for the module removal (try my latest
joint patch), However dvb-s still has some freeze issue, is not
very stable at replaying mpeg, or in general is unstable in large
bi-directional traffic between PC and dvb-s card.
The workqueue strategy seems not to fix all the stability in 2.4
(haven't tested 2.6 very thoroughly) 
I saw freezeup yesterday on my supposeed-to-be-stable machine with
dvb-s and vdr. X window just froze, no blinking leds, kernel still 
responsive to network pings but otherwise frozen. Didn't catch any
oops...  Workqueue congestion perhaps? 
The true stability with the network is in the "Budget" mode cards.
This is very stable thing, received a many days of testing and no
crash. 
Emard 

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