[mythtv-users] USB DVB-T Tuner for Specific Kernel

Gordon McCrae gordon-mccrae at bluebottle.com
Fri Jun 13 20:19:42 UTC 2008


Nicolas Will wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 18:40 +0100, Gordon McCrae wrote:
>   
>>> ISTR that kernel versions much before 2.6.23 had lots of issues with
>>> usb disconnects. I use DVB-T USB tuners now without any problems
>>> (2.6.24).
>>>       
>
>   
>>>   
>>>       
>> Not at all, I've been running USB DVB-T tuners without problems for
>> over 
>> 6 months, and still only on 2.6.22.17-0.1-default (OpenSuSE 10.3).
>>
>> Not a single problem with the four of them.
>>     
>
> There was a transient period when 2.6.24 had a bug in the EHCI (USB2)
> code that caused disconnects, yes.
>
> This has been fixed without a problem.
>
> Nico
>
>   
Happily, I won't see that particular problem, as my next upgrade takes 
me to 2.6.25.5-1.1, although I'm sure there will be plenty of other 
issues to keep me busy.

Cheers
Gordon

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