[mythtv-users] modules.conf, loading ivtv 'above' or 'below'...?

[Jarod C. Wilson]

On Wednesday, Sep 10, 2003, at 11:25 US/Pacific, Keith C wrote:

> Ok, I'm ready to be told I'm completely wrong, but here's what I use in
> modules.conf :
>
> add above ivtv msp3400 saa7115 tuner
> add below ivtv lirc_dev lirc_i2c
>
> Here's what I think that means :
>
> 1.  Before you load ivtv, load msp3400, saa7115 and tuner
> 2.  After you load ivtv, load lirc_dev and lirc_i2c
>
> In any case, this works really well for me.

I saw the post on the ivtv list, and just now got around to some 
testing. My setup was identical to Keith's, and worked just fine. With 
everything set to add below, lircd crashes and ivtv never loads. I'm 
trying to get some more info about this on #mythtv right now...

--Jarod


> On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 12:37, and wrote:
>> I thought this might be of interest to fellow pvr250 users... ;-)
>> rgds
>> anders
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> From: kevin thayer <nufan_wfk at yahoo.com>
>>> Date: Tue Sep 9, 2003  1:27:47 PM US/Pacific
>>> To: ivtv-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
>>> Subject: Re: [ivtv-devel] modules.conf, loading ivtv 'above' or
>>> 'below'...?
>>> Reply-To: ivtv-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
>>>
>>> 'below' is the correct syntax. there was some
>>> confusion on my part as to what below means (which
>>> filtered down to some of the FAQs), but it essentially
>>> means load these other modules before you load ivtv.
>>>
>>> -tmk
>>>
>>> --- and <hons at rcn.com> wrote:
>>>> There seems to be a considerable confusion on this
>>>> above/below issue...in the faq it says below, but on
>>>
>>>> Jarods's how-to for myth-rh9-pvr250 it states that
>>>> that used to be 'below', but that it now
>>>> has to be 'above'.....
>>>
>>>> Does it have to be loaded 'below' and if it does is
>>>> there a simple reason I can understand... ;-)

-- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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