From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.123]:47159 "EHLO cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750879AbZH0F6a (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:58:30 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([76.94.241.155]) by cdptpa-omta02.mail.rr.com with ESMTP id <20090827055830343.QNBA6096@cdptpa-omta02.mail.rr.com> for ; Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:58:30 +0000 Message-ID: <4A961F36.2060907@ca.rr.com> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:52:54 -0700 From: Dan Taylor Reply-To: danieltaylor@acm.org MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [linux-dvb] Can ir polling be turned off in cx88 module for Leadtek 1000DTV card? References: <357341.28380.qm@web112510.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <1251329402.5232.6.camel@palomino.walls.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)@bombadil.infradead.org Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >