Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 23:41:02 -0700 (PDT) From: "R. B. Riddick" <arne_woerner@yahoo.com> To: B Briggs <rcbdyndns@bellsouth.net>, freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New port: pvrxxx for Hauppauge PVR150/500 Message-ID: <20061015064102.8780.qmail@web30310.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <45317970.5000508@bellsouth.net>
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--- B Briggs <rcbdyndns@bellsouth.net> wrote: > The last time I timed it, it was 27 seconds without a prompt. > Did the whole system block during that time? Or did it just take 27 secs until kldload completed? > I haven't looked at the code, but maybe it could query the eeprom to see > what the revision is, then skip the firmware upload if it doesn't need > updating. > I wouldnt be so sure, that it has eeprom... I would guess it uses DRAM, because it is cheaper and easier to handle... > If the box is up 24/7 normally, the delay isn't so bad; but using > FreeBSD, I'm just not used to that big of a lag - you're right - 'kind > of scary'. > Maybe it is possible to continue with other things, when locking is done less strict? Or does firmware upload require some important bus (like PCI) during the whole time? -Arne __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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