Re: PATCH: Leadtek DTVb1800H require longer delay for tuner reset

[Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>]

On 03/20/2011 11:05 PM, Mirek Slugeň wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>     I am using alot of tuners Leadtek DTV1800H under Linux, minimum 5
> devices per one PC with kernel 2.6.37.4. I discovered bug which I can se
> very often but not always. When device tuner is reseted there is not
> enough time to do all needed stuff and sometimes (randomly) kernel show
> this message:
> 
> [  821.369647] cx88[0]/1: IRQ loop detected, disabling interrupts
> 
> Patch is again very simple, we need to adjust time in reset function
> after cx_clear and cx_set calls from 50 to 75 us. I tested this patch on
> 4 PC with similar problems and all are without this issue.
> 
> M. Slugen
> 
> 
> kernel_cx88_reset.diff
> 
> 
> diff -Naur linux-2.6.37.4.old//drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c linux-2.6.37.4/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c
> --- linux-2.6.37.4.old//drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c	2011-03-20 21:30:52.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux-2.6.37.4/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-cards.c	2011-03-20 22:25:54.710228001 +0100
> @@ -3019,9 +3019,9 @@
>  		cx_set(MO_GP1_IO, 0x1010);
>  		mdelay(50);
>  		cx_clear(MO_GP1_IO, 0x10);
> -		mdelay(50);
> +		mdelay(75);
>  		cx_set(MO_GP1_IO, 0x10);
> -		mdelay(50);
> +		mdelay(75);

Wow, 75 ms of busy-waiting. Since others use msleep, all these should be
converted to msleep too. Or is this an atomic context, so that the
others are broken (e.g. cx88_dvico_xc2028_callback)?

Also for instance I don't understand this code:
                cx_write(MO_GP2_IO, 0xcf7);
                mdelay(50);
                cx_write(MO_GP2_IO, 0xef5);
                mdelay(50);
                cx_write(MO_GP2_IO, 0xcf7);
                msleep(10);

Delays of 50 ms and sleep of 10 ms? Given [um]delay spin _at least_ the
time specified, what was the intention of this?

regards,
-- 
js
suse labs