[libdv-dev] more problems with the ieee1394 subsystem

[Arne S. <ar...@sc...>]

Here's the testcase:

#!/bin/ksh

while [ true ] ; do
    dvgrab --frames 25 testfile
done

Ok, this is a nasty testcase, but I'm a professional software tester and 
this is what I do to software all day long... and even worse things... :-)

This fails with both the Aug. 21 download and the Oct. 24 download from 
ieee1394 CVS after a few loops. Sometimes immediately, sometimes after many 
loops (like 50).

The major difference is: with the Aug. 21 version I can recover by killing 
dvgrab and unloading and reloading the ieee1394 drivers. The testcase would 
then run again for a number of loops.

With the Oct. 24 version my system either locks up completely (I need to 
press reset), or the ieee1394 driver won't unload, forcing me to reboot 
too. I noticed also that with this version dvgrab usually does not work the 
first time (it just sits there idle), I have to press ctrl-c and the start 
it again.

Any comments?