Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932252AbXAOMB0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Jan 2007 07:01:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932255AbXAOMB0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Jan 2007 07:01:26 -0500 Received: from rhlx01.hs-esslingen.de ([129.143.116.10]:55745 "EHLO rhlx01.hs-esslingen.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932252AbXAOMBZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Jan 2007 07:01:25 -0500 Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:01:24 +0100 From: Andreas Mohr To: Soeren Sonnenburg Cc: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: prioritize PCI traffic ? Message-ID: <20070115120124.GA5045@rhlx01.hs-esslingen.de> References: <1168859265.15294.8.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1168859265.15294.8.camel@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Priority: none Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 861 Lines: 26 Hi, On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 12:07:45PM +0100, Soeren Sonnenburg wrote: > Dear all, > > is it possible to explicitly tell the kernel to prioritize PCI traffic > for a number of cards in pci slots x,y,z ? > > I am asking as severe ide traffic causes lost frames when watching TV > using 2 DVB cards + vdr... This is simply due to the fact that the PCI > bus is saturated... > > So, is any prioritizing of the PCI bus possible ? You probably need to adjust PCI latency settings via setpci: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-hw2.html Not sure whether this is a LKML related question ;) Andreas Mohr - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/