[mythtv-users] Cards keep changing /dev/videoX devices...

Nick Morrott knowledgejunkie at gmail.com
Sat Jun 16 01:29:45 UTC 2007


On 15/06/07, R. G. Newbury <newbury at mandamus.org> wrote:
> Alan Calvert wrote:

> > Yep, blacklisting everything and ordering the module loads explicitly in
> > rc.local works, as does using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Simply allocating
> > video device numbers explicitly by means of module options also works.
> >
> > No desire for argument here, but some of the advice presented was simply false
> > and misleading.
>
> Nothing false. I'll put my hand up for being misleading about the module
> being 'built into' the kernel.
>
> There are NO module options for the cx8800 which allow you to force it
> to a specific video device, as there is for the ivtv driver. The only
> control method is load order. So you have to know what is being loaded

What does the video_nr parameter for the cx8800 module do? modinfo cx8800 says

video_nr:video device numbers (array of int)

-- 
Nick

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