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From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
To: Andy Walls <awalls@md.metrocast.net>
Cc: Devin Heitmueller <dheitmueller@kernellabs.com>,
	Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>,
	Linux Media Mailing List <linux-media@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFCv1 PATCH 7/7] tuner-core: s_tuner should not change tuner mode.
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:38:20 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DF4F98C.5000405@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cf933f52-a61d-40d4-bcb4-c69988e41708@email.android.com>

Em 12-06-2011 12:34, Andy Walls escreveu:
> Devin Heitmueller <dheitmueller@kernellabs.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Andy Walls <awalls@md.metrocast.net>
>> wrote:
>>> BTW, the cx18-alsa module annoys me as a developer.  PulseAudio holds
>>> the device nodes open, pinning the cx18-alsa and cx18 modules in
>> kernel.
>>> When killed, PulseAudio respawns rapidly and reopens the nodes.
>>> Unloading cx18 for development purposes is a real pain when the
>>> cx18-alsa module exists.
>>
>> We've talked about this before, but something just feels wrong about
>> this.  I don't have this problem with other drivers that provide an
>> "-alsa" module.  For example, my ngene tree has four ALSA PCM devices
>> and 16 mixer controls, yet PulseAudio doesn't keep the module in use.
>>
>> The more I think about this, the more I suspect this is just some sort
>> of subtle bug in the cx18 ALSA driver where some resource is not being
>> freed.
>>
>> Devin
>>
>> -- 
>> Devin J. Heitmueller - Kernel Labs
>> http://www.kernellabs.com
> 
> I'll recheck with my shiny new Fedora 15 install maybe later tonight.
> 
> The only thing that springs to mind that PA may not like is no mixer controls.  Some basic code is there in cx18-alsa-mixer.c, but never registered.
> 
> Pactl does have some magic cmd to let go of the nodes, but I can never remember it.

This should do the job:
	# yum remove -y pulseaudio

:)

Cheers,
Mauro

  reply	other threads:[~2011-06-12 17:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-06-11 13:34 [RFCv1 PATCH 0/7] tuner-core: fix g_freq/s_std and g/s_tuner Hans Verkuil
2011-06-11 13:34 ` [RFCv1 PATCH 1/7] tuner-core: rename check_mode to supported_mode Hans Verkuil
2011-06-11 13:34   ` [RFCv1 PATCH 2/7] tuner-core: change return type of set_mode_freq to bool Hans Verkuil
2011-06-11 13:34   ` [RFCv1 PATCH 3/7] tuner-core: fix g_frequency support Hans Verkuil
2011-06-11 13:44     ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-06-11 13:53       ` Hans Verkuil
2011-06-11 13:34   ` [RFCv1 PATCH 4/7] tuner-core: simplify the standard fixup Hans Verkuil
2011-06-11 13:34   ` [RFCv1 PATCH 5/7] tuner-core: fix s_std and s_tuner Hans Verkuil
2011-06-11 13:34   ` [RFCv1 PATCH 6/7] tuner-core: fix g_tuner Hans Verkuil
2011-06-11 13:48     ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-06-11 13:34   ` [RFCv1 PATCH 7/7] tuner-core: s_tuner should not change tuner mode Hans Verkuil
2011-06-11 13:54     ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-06-11 17:27       ` Hans Verkuil
2011-06-11 18:21         ` Andy Walls
2011-06-11 19:04         ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-06-12 11:36           ` Hans Verkuil
2011-06-12 11:59             ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-06-12 12:13               ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-06-12 12:30                 ` Hans Verkuil
2011-06-12 12:53                   ` Andy Walls
2011-06-12 13:23                     ` Hans Verkuil
2011-06-12 13:44                       ` Andy Walls
2011-06-12 13:57                         ` Devin Heitmueller
2011-06-12 14:28                           ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-06-12 15:34                           ` Andy Walls
2011-06-12 17:38                             ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab [this message]
2011-06-12 14:06                         ` Hans Verkuil
2011-06-12 12:23               ` Hans Verkuil
2011-06-12 14:11                 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-06-12 14:33                   ` Hans Verkuil
2011-06-12 15:29                     ` Andy Walls

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