[mythtv-users] mythbackend Start-up issue - possible race with dvb device firmware loading

[John Pilkington]

On 18/11/2020 09:46, David Watkins wrote:
> A bit more googling suggests it may be the backend testing the card 
> which is triggering the firmware load, in which case I'm back to square 
> one with trying to identify the problem.
> 
> I'll try increasing the timeouts on the card to see if that helps.
> 

I start myth manually.  On my  MythTV master/Fedora 32 box I have 
recently noticed a pause, and sometimes a hang, between the setting of 
delivery systems for DVB-T and DVB-T2.  On quitting and restarting after 
a hang everything seems to work as normal.

On seeing your post I ran 'dmesg | grep firmware' - and got screensful 
of reports of downloads for si5128.  Usually, IIRC, it's done on boot; 
now it appears to be happening in short bursts at around 200 s intervals...

John P