[linux-dvb] Re: frequency bending on DVB-T cards

[Holger Waechtler <holger@convergence.de>]

Andrew de Quincey wrote:

> > I've just noticed a behavioural difference between "DVB/driver" and 
> > "dvb-kernel"
> > (I have temporarily removed my grundig mods in case it was that)
> >
> > If I do "dvbtune -f .....", and then "dvbtune -m", in DVB/driver, 
> > this works fine,
> > but in dvb-kernel, it "loses" the the tuning after about 4 seconds.
> >
> > Similarily, dvbscan (from dvbsak) has problems with dvb-kernel.
> >
> > Could this be something to do with not keeping the frontend device open?
>
> Spotted the problem. in "DVB/linux", if "fe->dvbdev->users" is non-zero,
> it keeps the fe-thread running.
this is a bug. I'll fix it...

Holger




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