Subject: Re: kern/33742: Multiple bktr cards and changing PCI latency.
To: None <kern-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: Scott Presnell <srp@tworoads.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 06/26/2006 17:15:06
The following reply was made to PR kern/33742; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Scott Presnell <srp@tworoads.net>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc:
Subject: Re: kern/33742: Multiple bktr cards and changing PCI latency.
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 10:13:59 -0700
This bug-report/change-request can be closed. I found that a better
solution was to get a more recent bktr based card (problem card was
very, very early model). Two more recent cards can be used together
without chaning the latency.
Thanks.
- Scott
Christos Zoulas wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR kern/33742; it has been noted by GNATS.
>
> From: christos@zoulas.com (Christos Zoulas)
> To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org, kern-bug-people@netbsd.org,
> gnats-admin@netbsd.org, netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: kern/33742: Multiple bktr cards and changing PCI latency.
> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:36:52 -0400
>
> On Jun 15, 7:25pm, srp@tworoads.net (srp@tworoads.net) wrote:
> -- Subject: kern/33742: Multiple bktr cards and changing PCI latency.
>
> | >Number: 33742
> | >Category: kern
> | >Synopsis: multiple bktr cards may require change in PCI latency.
> | >Confidential: no
> | >Severity: non-critical
> | >Priority: low
> | >Responsible: kern-bug-people
> | >State: open
> | >Class: change-request
> | >Submitter-Id: net
> | >Arrival-Date: Thu Jun 15 19:25:00 +0000 2006
> | >Originator: Scott Presnell
> | >Release: NetBSD 3.0_STABLE
> | >Organization:
> | Self
> | >Environment:
> |
> | NetBSD 3.0_STABLE (SKOK) #4: Thu Jun 15 08:30:40 PDT 2006
> | srp@dirt.tworoads.net:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/SKOK
> |
> | Architecture: i386
> | Machine: i386
> |
> | >Description:
> |
> | I use a webcam to monitor a remote location. Recently I added a second
> | camera and second WinTV (bktr driver) card, but when I did one of the cards
> | started acting as though it was not getting a full frame capture, when
> | running in continuous capture mode (seemed to work OK when single capture
> | mode was used).
> |
> | After checking the software and other possible souces of error, I
> | discovered that the manufacturer had in the past recommended reducing
> | the PCI latency under similar circumstances
> |
> | (http://www.hauppauge.com/html/sw_wcst.htm)
> |
> | ...so I tried this first as a hack, it seemed to work, then rewrote it as a
> | bktr driver kernel option. A latency value of 0x10 worked in my case.
> |
> What are the valid values of latency? Shouldn't the driver check for those?
>
> christos
>