[mythtv-users] analog side of hvr-1600 and hvr-2250

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Wed Dec 4 04:44:53 UTC 2013


On 12/02/2013 10:58 PM, Devin Heitmueller wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 8:41 PM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>> FWIW, this is the type of problem udev was made for.  It allows you to tell
>> the system the proper order to load modules, so that you don't have to let
>> the system load them in random order, then have a script remove them, then
>> load them in the proper order.
> Actually, in this case it's a driver bug.  All v4l-dvb drivers are
> supposed to properly setup their module dependencies and handle the
> probe event properly for both the case where dependencies are already
> loaded or not.  That said, these sorts of issues can sometimes be
> subtle and result in "correct" behavior most of the time (which makes
> it that much more difficult to debug).
>
> I just haven't had a chance to chase down the issue yet.

Right, but udev is a better approach for working around the bug than 
unloading and reloading all the modules and then restarting all of MythTV.

Mike


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