Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:30:35 -0500 From: Randy Pratt <bsd-unix@earthlink.net> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PVR250 hanging Message-ID: <20061122173035.de742bd0.bsd-unix@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <20061122221136.GM29833@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20061122165141.62427953.bsd-unix@earthlink.net> <20061122221136.GM29833@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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pOn Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:41:36 +1030 Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On Wednesday, 22 November 2006 at 16:51:41 -0500, Randy Pratt wrote: > > You'll probably get more response if you send this to -questions. Perhaps I'll try that next if necessary but it seems most of the video people hang around -multimedia. > > I've been trying to get my PVR250 card working using > > FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE (sources from about a week ago) but I've ran > > into some difficulties. > > > > ... > > > > I did notice this in the output of "ps" after ctrl-c the test: > > > > # ps -auxww | grep cxm > > USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TT STAT STARTED TIME COMMAND > > root 826 0.0 0.0 0 8 ?? WL 4:33PM 0:00.00 [irq19: cxm0] > > I don't see anything obvious there; do you? No, but I was digging for any/all information I could find. > > I've had several freezes/hangs where the system is unresponsive and > > keyboard won't accept input forcing a power recycling and fsck. > > This seems more than just cxm, then. > > In general, if you're seeing this kind of behaviour, the output of > 'ps l' is of interest. The WMCHAN field gives information about where > (and maybe how) the process is waiting. # ps -auxwwl | grep cxm root 1156 0.7 0.1 1280 664 p1 S+ 5:24PM 0:00.30 cat /dev/cxm0 0 821 0 0 0 cmxrd root 826 0.0 0.0 0 8 ?? WL 4:33PM 0:00.03 [irq19: cxm0] 0 0 0 -60 0 - ( > When I get access to our PVR 250 later today, I'll compare some of > your other data. Great! I'd appreciate anything you can look at. I'm also willing to do any sort of patching/testing if needed. The box isn't anything critical. I was going to try the multimedia/pvrxxx port but it seems to be broken ATM. Thanks for the response! Randy --
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