On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 14:36 -0500, Devin Heitmueller wrote:

> 
> It would be good if you could provide some actual data regarding
> before and after the patch.  Typically I run Kaffeine from the command
> line, which prints out the tuning time to stdout.  For example, here
> are the times Robert saw when he tested my patch:
> 
> Before the change:
> Tuning delay: 2661 ms
> Tuning delay: 474 ms
> Tuning delay: 472 ms
> Tuning lock fail after 5000ms
> Tuning delay: 2000 ms
> Tuning delay: 2685 ms
> Tuning delay: 475 ms
> 
> After the change:
> Tuning delay: 594 ms
> Tuning delay: 570 ms
> Tuning delay: 574 ms
> Tuning delay: 671 ms
> Tuning delay: 570 ms
> Tuning delay: 673 ms
> 
> If you could provide something comparable, it would be useful.

For OTA ATSC 8-VSB with an HVR-1600 MCE:

Without the change:

$ ./tune
Commanding tune to freq 479028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 1.416984 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 551028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 1.389922 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 569028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 2.783927 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 587028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 1.391952 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 593028615 ... NO lock after 2.999655 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 599028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 1.568240 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 605028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 1.390964 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 623028615 ... NO lock after 2.999656 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 677028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 2.963289 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 695028615 ... NO lock after 2.999618 seconds.

With the change:

$ ./tune
Commanding tune to freq 479028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 1.323542 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 551028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 1.293956 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 569028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 1.292931 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 587028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 1.292973 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 593028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 1.292920 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 599028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 1.293977 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 605028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 1.292940 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 623028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 1.292949 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 677028615 ... FE_HAS_LOCK in 1.293948 seconds.
Commanding tune to freq 695028615 ... NO lock after 2.999659 seconds.


No lock was expected for 695 MHz in either case - it was known negative.

Since I was to lazy to get Kaffeine to work properly, I wrote my own
test app.  It is inline below so you can see how I measured the time.

Regards,
Andy

/*
 * tune.c - Measure the time to tune some hardcoded ATSC OTA channels
 * Copyright (C) 2009 Andy Walls
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 *
 * Author: Andy Walls <awa...@radix.net>
 *
 */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/select.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <linux/dvb/frontend.h>

unsigned int test_freq[] = {
        479028615,
        551028615,
        569028615,
        587028615,
        593028615,
        599028615,
        605028615,
        623028615,
        677028615,
        695028615,
        0
};

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
        int fd, ret, i;
        struct dtv_property task[3];
        struct dtv_properties tasks;

        struct timeval tv, stv, etv;
        int n, watch;
        fd_set efds;
        struct dvb_frontend_event fev;

        fd = open("/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0", O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK);
        if (fd < 0) {
                perror("open");
                exit(1);
        }

        tasks.props = task;

        /* Basic ATSC 8-VSB setup */
        task[0].cmd = DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM;
        task[0].u.data = SYS_ATSC;
        task[0].result = 0;
        task[1].cmd = DTV_MODULATION;
        task[1].u.data = VSB_8;
        task[1].result = 0;
        tasks.num = 2;

        ret = ioctl(fd, FE_SET_PROPERTY, &tasks);
        if (ret < 0) {
                perror("FE_SET_PROPERTY");
                close(fd);
                exit(2);
        }
        
        ret = 0;
        for(i = 0; i < tasks.num; i++) {
                if (task[i].result < 0)
                        ret = task[i].result;
        }

        if (ret < 0) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Failed to set ATSC 8-VSB modulation.\n");
                close(fd);
                exit(3);
        }

        /* Tune test loop */
        task[0].cmd = DTV_FREQUENCY;
        task[1].cmd = DTV_TUNE;
        task[1].u.data = 0;

        for(i = 0; test_freq[i] != 0; i++) {
                /* Tune to next freq */
                task[0].u.data = test_freq[i];
                task[0].result = 0;
                task[1].result = 0;
                tasks.num = 2;
                printf("Commanding tune to freq %u ... ", task[0].u.data);
                gettimeofday(&stv, NULL);
                ret = ioctl(fd, FE_SET_PROPERTY, &tasks);
                if (ret < 0 || task[0].result < 0 || task[1].result < 0) {
                        putchar('\n');
                        perror("FE_SET_PROPERTY");
                        fprintf(stderr, "failed commanding tune to freq %u\n",
                                task[0].u.data);
                        continue;
                }

                /* Look for a frontend LOCK */
                watch = 1;
                while (watch) {
                        FD_ZERO(&efds);
                        FD_SET(fd, &efds);
                        tv.tv_sec = 3;
                        tv.tv_usec = 0;
                        n = select(fd+1, NULL, NULL, &efds, &tv);
                        if (n < 0) {
                                if (errno == EINTR)
                                        continue;
                                putchar('\n');
                                perror("select");
                                fprintf(stderr,
                                        "error waiting for a frontend event\n");
                                break;
                        }
                        if (n == 0) {
                                gettimeofday(&etv, NULL);
                                if (stv.tv_usec > etv.tv_usec) {
                                        etv.tv_sec -= 1;
                                        etv.tv_usec += 1000000;
                                }
                                etv.tv_usec -= stv.tv_usec;
                                etv.tv_sec -= stv.tv_sec;
                                printf("NO lock after %u.%06u seconds.\n",
                                        etv.tv_sec, etv.tv_usec);
                                break;
                        }

                        /* Pull off all the frontend events */
                        fev.status = (fe_status_t) 0;
                        etv.tv_sec = 0; etv.tv_usec = 0;
                        while (1) {
                                ret = ioctl(fd, FE_GET_EVENT, &fev);
                                if (ret < 0) {
                                        if (errno == EOVERFLOW) {
                                                /* overflow warning */
                                                continue;
                                        }
                                        if (errno == EWOULDBLOCK) {
                                                /* event queue is empty now */
                                                break;
                                        }
                                        /* bad error, stop waiting for events */
                                        putchar('\n');
                                        perror("FE_GET_EVENT");
                                        watch = 0;
                                        break;
                                }

                                /* Scan for the first LOCK status */
                                if (!watch || !(fev.status & FE_HAS_LOCK))
                                        continue;

                                gettimeofday(&etv, NULL);
                                if (stv.tv_usec > etv.tv_usec) {
                                        etv.tv_sec -= 1;
                                        etv.tv_usec += 1000000;
                                }
                                etv.tv_usec -= stv.tv_usec;
                                etv.tv_sec -= stv.tv_sec;
                                printf("FE_HAS_LOCK in %u.%06u seconds.\n",
                                        etv.tv_sec, etv.tv_usec);
                                watch = 0;
                        }
                }
        }
        close(fd);
        exit(0);
}


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