#include "saa7164.h"
 
+int saa7164_api_get_load_info(struct saa7164_dev *dev, tmFwInfoStruct_t *i)
+{
+       int ret, debug;
+
+       if (!(debug & DBGLVL_CPU))
+               return 0;
+
+       dprintk(DBGLVL_API, "%s()\n", __func__);
+
+       i->deviceinst = 0;
+       i->devicespec = 0;
+       i->mode = 0;
+       i->status = 0;
+
+       ret = saa7164_cmd_send(dev, 0, GET_CUR,
+               GET_FW_STATUS_CONTROL, sizeof(tmFwInfoStruct_t), i);
+       if (ret != SAA_OK) {
+               printk(KERN_ERR "%s() error, ret = 0x%x\n", __func__, ret);
+       }
+
+       printk(KERN_INFO "saa7164[%d]-CPU: %d percent", dev->nr, i->CPULoad);
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
 int saa7164_api_collect_debug(struct saa7164_dev *dev)
 {
        tmComResDebugGetData_t d;
 
 static int saa7164_thread_function(void *data)
 {
        struct saa7164_dev *dev = data;
+       tmFwInfoStruct_t fwinfo;
+       u64 last_poll_time = 0;
 
        dprintk(DBGLVL_THR, "thread started\n");
 
                dprintk(DBGLVL_THR, "thread running\n");
 
                /* Dump the firmware debug message to console */
+               /* Polling this costs us 1-2% of the arm CPU */
+               /* convert this into a respnde to interrupt 0x7a */
                saa7164_api_collect_debug(dev);
 
+               /* Monitor CPU load every 1 second */
+               if ((last_poll_time + 1000 /* ms */) < jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies)) {
+                       saa7164_api_get_load_info(dev, &fwinfo);
+                       last_poll_time = jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies);
+               }
+
        }
 
        dprintk(DBGLVL_THR, "thread exiting\n");
 
 #define GET_STRING_CONTROL             0x03
 #define GET_LANGUAGE_CONTROL           0x05
 #define SET_POWER_CONTROL              0x07
+#define GET_FW_STATUS_CONTROL          0x08
 #define GET_FW_VERSION_CONTROL         0x09
 #define SET_DEBUG_LEVEL_CONTROL                0x0B
 #define GET_DEBUG_DATA_CONTROL         0x0C
 
        u8      ucDebugData[256];
 } __attribute__((packed)) tmComResDebugGetData_t;
 
+typedef struct
+{
+       u32     status;
+       u32     mode;
+       u32     devicespec;
+       u32     deviceinst;
+       u32     CPULoad;
+       u32     RemainHeap;
+       u32     CPUClock;
+       u32     RAMSpeed;
+} __attribute__((packed)) tmFwInfoStruct_t;
+
 
 #define DBGLVL_ENC 1024
 #define DBGLVL_VBI 2048
 #define DBGLVL_THR 4096
+#define DBGLVL_CPU 8192
 
 #define SAA7164_NORMS ( V4L2_STD_NTSC_M |  V4L2_STD_NTSC_M_JP |  V4L2_STD_NTSC_443 )
 
 int saa7164_api_set_vbi_format(struct saa7164_port *port);
 int saa7164_api_set_debug(struct saa7164_dev *dev, u8 level);
 int saa7164_api_collect_debug(struct saa7164_dev *dev);
+int saa7164_api_get_load_info(struct saa7164_dev *dev, tmFwInfoStruct_t *i);
 
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------- */
 /* saa7164-cards.c                                             */