[linux-dvb] Re: Experience building DVS dvb-kernel on 2.4.18 forbudget Nova-T

[Tomi Ollila <Tomi.Ollila@iki.fi>]

Monday Jan 27 14:04:40 +0100 2003 Holger Waechtler <holger@convergence.de> wrote:
> 
> That's not a bug, it's a feature called power management. When no 
> application is using the frontend anymore it will go into sleep mode.
> 
> The RigthWayToDoIt(tm) would be to fix all applications so that they 
> keep the frontend file descriptor opened when they expect data from the 
> frontend device.

Would it be impossible (or stupid) to keep the unit powered on as long
as any of the unit's filedescriptors are open (and active). This way
one could run `cat /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 ' even if the powermanagement
is not disabled.

> 
> Holger


Tomi


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