[linux-dvb] cx88-blackbird mailbox timeout

[Frederic CAND]

Frederic CAND a écrit :
> Dear all,
> I'm using one of the latest snapshots with my hauppauge hvr1300. I'm 
> encoutering an issue, where randomly the mpeg ps device does not contain 
> any sound track at all. I insist on the random side of the thing. If I 
> completly power off my computer, no card can be affected by this bug, or 
> any other card can be. But when a card is affected, it is until the 
> computer is powered off. Unloading / reloading the modules won't fix.
> 
> Other thing, on closing an mpeg device affected by this bug, the dmesg 
> will contain :
> 
> cx88[2]/2-bb: ERROR: API Mailbox timeout
> 
> then, opening the device again will show this message :
> [62153.237112] cx88[2]/2-bb: ERROR: Mailbox appears to be in use (7)
> [62155.868701] cx88[2]/2-bb: Firmware upload successful.
> [62155.872299] cx88[2]/2-bb: Firmware version is 0x02060039
> 
> Any idea ?
> 
So if anyone is interested, the cause of this issue is the following "fix" :

http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb/rev/93e265de2a56

when reverse applying it, I got the sound track in all my mpeg devices, 
and then "api mailbox timeout" message never appeared afterwards.

I can prepare a patch if you want. Who should I send it to ?
-- 
CAND Frederic
Product Manager
ANEVIA