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From: Dan Taylor <dan.taylor2@ca.rr.com>
To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)@bombadil.infradead.org
Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] Can ir polling be turned off in cx88 module for Leadtek 1000DTV card?
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:52:54 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A961F36.2060907@ca.rr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0908262102280.11911@shell2.speakeasy.net>



Trent Piepho wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Aug 2009, Andy Walls wrote:
>> On Wed, 2009-08-26 at 07:33 -0700, Dalton Harvie wrote:
>>>   If there isn't, would it be a good idea?
>> Maybe.
>>
>>> Thanks for any help.
>>
>> Try this.  It adds a module option "noir" that accepts an array of
>> int's.  For a 0, that card's IR is set up as normal; for a 1, that
>> card's IR is not initialized.
>>
>> 	# modprobe cx88 noir=1,1
> 
> I think this is a good idea.  I was going to do someting similar
> to stop the excessive irqs from my cx88 cards, which don't
> even have remote receivers.
> 
> I haven't tried, but maybe it is possible to only turn on polling when the
> event device is opened.

Excellent idea.  I did something similar for a pseudo-SCSI device, where I
only polled if there was a command outstanding.

If no one else wants to take it on, I have a pcHDTV-3000 and -5000 and can
get a Leadtek something to work with.

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  reply	other threads:[~2009-08-27  5:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-08-26 14:33 [linux-dvb] Can ir polling be turned off in cx88 module for Leadtek 1000DTV card? Dalton Harvie
2009-08-26 23:30 ` Andy Walls
2009-08-27  4:04   ` Trent Piepho
2009-08-27  5:52     ` Dan Taylor [this message]
2009-08-27 10:15       ` Andy Walls
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-08-30  0:58 Dalton Harvie

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