From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]) by www.linuxtv.org with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JvbRq-0000z1-Oh for linux-dvb@linuxtv.org; Mon, 12 May 2008 19:04:27 +0200 Message-ID: <48287878.9090401@gmx.net> Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 19:03:52 +0200 From: "P. van Gaans" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-dvb@linuxtv.org References: <482560EB.2000306@gmail.com> <200805121516.48002@orion.escape-edv.de> <48284A6B.2020602@gmx.net> <200805121802.34413@orion.escape-edv.de> In-Reply-To: <200805121802.34413@orion.escape-edv.de> Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] [PATCH] Fix the unc for the frontends tda10021 and stv0297 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-dvb-bounces@linuxtv.org Errors-To: linux-dvb-bounces+mchehab=infradead.org@linuxtv.org List-ID: On 05/12/2008 06:02 PM, Oliver Endriss wrote: > P. van Gaans wrote: >> On 05/12/2008 03:16 PM, Oliver Endriss wrote: >>> @all: >>> 1. If nobody objects I will commit the patches. >>> 2. Please check and fix the other frontend drivers to follow the spec. >> Will the behaviour of femon change, and if so, in what way? > > For a correct driver unc would not return to 0 (unless the counter > wrapped). > >> I use it now >> to see at what points in time I've had hickups by writing femon's output >> to a file and grep -nv "unc 0". This way I can see for example I've had >> errors at 16:35 and 17:48. If this will still work after the patch, I'm >> fine with it. If it won't work, will there be an alternative? > > - Monitor the log for changes of the unc value. > - femon could be modified to display the delta value, or we might add an > option (-U) to choose between absolute and delta unc display. > > I am open to suggestions. > > CU > Oliver > I don't know much about programming but I guess femon could be changed. I doubt I'll be able to do it but otherwise maybe someone else will. Looking for changes in the unc value will be more work when investigating a 12-hour femon log, so adding an option sounds like a good idea. P. _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb