[linux-dvb] Value too large for defined data type

[Mitch Skinner]

On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 22:04 +0100, Jon Fairbairn wrote:
> I didn't do this, since increasing the buffer size in tzap
> (or using "dd ibs=19251200...") gets round the problem
> without changing kernel files. However, if the correct thing
> to do is to change them, shouldn't it be a kernel config
> option rather than a patch?

If the problem really can be solved in user-space, then that's clearly
the way to go.  I was a little fuzzy on whether the dd options actually
prevented the overflows or just handled them without croaking the way
cat does.

> PS I'd still like to know where 188 comes from.

I believe it's the packet size for mpeg transport streams.

Mitch